HCC Rose Resale Shop is having a seven-day sale during which the price of any unsold item drops 7 percent each day. For example, an item that costs $12.00 on the first day costs 7 percent less, or $11.16, on the second day. On the third day, the same item is 7 percent less than $11.16, or $10.38. Design an application that allows a user to input a price until an appropriate sentinel value is entered. Output is the price of each item on each day, one through seven. I am completely lost on how to solve this problem.

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HCC Rose Resale Shop is having a seven-day sale during which the price of any unsold item drops 7 percent each day. For example, an item that costs $12.00 on the first day costs 7 percent less, or $11.16, on the second day.  On the third day, the same item is 7 percent less than $11.16, or $10.38.  Design an application that allows a user to input a price until an appropriate sentinel value is entered.  Output is the price of each item on each day, one through seven. I am completely lost on how to solve this problem.

rsmith6559 · Answer

First, break this assignment down into smaller sections.  You need to accept input and check it to see if it's the sentinel value.  Over 7 days you output (probably the day and) the price,  which drops 7%.

Break these down, and keep breaking these down until the code you need to write, basically suddenly appears to you.