2.9. Figuring out an Invoice¶
We can use variables to solve problems like those we might solve in a spreadsheet. Imagine that you had a spreadsheet with an invoice for an office supply company.

A spreadsheet with order information¶
Here’s a program to compute the total price for the invoice:
We don’t really have to create new variables quantity2
and unitPrice2
. We only use those to compute the total for the line, and then we could reuse those variable names.
Activity: CodeLens 2.9.3 (cspnamenumbers_invoice3)
Let’s say that apples are $0.40 apiece, and pears are $0.65 apiece. Modify the program below to calculate the total cost (it should print 3.55).
You are welcome to try out the following answers by copying and pasting them into the program above before answering this question: