Exercise 03-11:
Make a program that asks for the price of a commodity and the discount percentage. Display the discount amount and the price to pay.
Answer:
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# Python From Scratch
# Author: Nilo Ney Coutinho Menezes
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# File: chapter 03/exercise-03-11.py.py
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price = float(input("Enter the price of the item:"))
discount = float(input("Enter the discount percentage:"))
discount_amount = price * discount / 100
to_pay = price - discount_amount
print("A discount of %5.2f %% on an item of $ %7.2f" % (discount, price))
print("equals $ %7.2f." % discount_amount)
print("The amount to pay is $ %7.2f" % to_pay)