Following the success of her basic taxi service and the fact that a number of customers are using the service regularly, Allo taxi has decided to reward regular customers by allowing them to pay their bills on a monthly basis rather than for each individual journey. This means that a series of discounted rates can be offered to customers who use the service on a regular basis. The customer will pay fares based on the frequency they use the service (the number of journeys made in a month) and the number of miles traveled in the month. The Basic Charge (based on the total number of miles) is calculated according to the table below: Basic charges per mile ($): Up to 5 journeys Up to 10 journeys More than 10 journe
Following the success of her basic taxi service and the fact that a number of customers are using the service regularly, Allo taxi has decided to reward regular customers by allowing them to pay their bills on a monthly basis rather than for each individual journey. This means that a series of discounted rates can be offered to customers who use the service on a regular basis. The customer will pay fares based on the frequency they use the service (the number of journeys made in a month) and the number of miles traveled in the month. The Basic Charge (based on the total number of miles) is calculated according to the table below:
|
Basic charges per mile ($): |
Up to 5 journeys |
Up to 10 journeys |
More than 10 journeys |
|
Up to 100 miles |
1.00 |
0.85 |
0.70 |
|
Up to 250 miles |
0.75 |
0.60 |
0.45 |
|
Over 250 miles |
0.50 |
0.45 |
0.40 |
Note that the charges listed are per mile for the total number of miles traveled in the month. Note also that “Up to …” in this table implies “Up to and including”. In addition, individual journeys above 20 miles will involve the driver having to spend time traveling back to their base before picking up their next fare so these journeys are therefore subject to a Surcharge of $6.50 per journey (in addition to the basic charge above).
For example, in the period of a month, a customer makes the following journeys:
|
Journey Description |
Distance of Journey (miles) |
|
Ashrafieh to Manarah |
3 |
|
Beirut to Naameh |
15 |
|
Naameh to Beirut |
15 |
|
Beirut to Saida |
45 |
|
Beirut to Damour |
18 |
|
Beirut to Kalamoun |
75 |
Totaling this up we have 6 journeys, with a total distance of 171 miles. Looking this up in the table gives us a charge per mile of $0.60 which gives a Basic Charge for the month of 171 x 0.60 = $102.60
In addition, we have 2 individual journeys (Beirut to Saida and Beirut to Kalamoun) which are greater than 20 miles so we need to add an additional Surcharge (6.50 per journey) of $13.00.
The charge to the user will therefore be the sum of the Basic Charge and the Surcharge, which in this case is $115.60 (102.6 + 13.00).
TASK
You are required to DRAW A FLOCHART to calculate the charges for a customer’s monthly taxi bill, based on the description above.
Notes and Hints
- Your flowchart should require input only of journey distances.
- You should obtain the number of journeys and the number of journeys requiring the additional surcharge from the distances entered. You should NOT ask the user to input separately the number of journeys ordered.
- You should continue to accept input of journey distances until the user indicates that no more journeys are required by entering a journey distance of 0 miles.
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