Chapter 1, Problem 9PP

Explanation of Solution

Algorithm that makes best of the offer from the online catalog:

Step 1: Define and initialize the required variables.

Step 2: set the value of “smallest=100-value of the first item in the catalog”.

Step 3: The first item of the catalog is add to the “best_item”.

Step 4: Loop for each of the items present in the catalog.

Step 5: Calculate the difference using the formula “difference=100-value of the item”.

Step 6: If the value of the “difference =smallest”.

Step 7: Add the item to the “best_item” item.

Step 8: If the value of the “difference <smallest”

Step 9: Set the “smallest=difference”

Step 10: Now erase the items stored in the “best_item” list...