Question

The following function written in pseudocode accepts INCOME as a variable and outputs the TAX corresponding to that income.

FUNCTION TAX (INCOME)
1. IF (INCOME > 60000) THEN
a. TAXDUE ← 15000
2. ELSE
a. IF (INCOME > 30000) THEN
1. TAXDUE ← 5000
b. ELSE
1. TAXDUE ← INCOME × 0.08
3. RETURN (TAXDUE)

What would the pseudocode output with an input of:

a) 23000?
b) 64000?
c) 47000?

Answer 1

what part are you struggling with

Answer 2

I'll do the first one to get you started

input: 23,000

Income = 23,000

this is NOT greater than 60,000 so we skip to the first "else"

this is also NOT greater than 30,000 so we jump to the second "else"

it then tells you to multiply the income by 0.08: 0.08*23000 = 1,840

So TaxDue = 1,840

which is the amount returned