Rounding

[Amol]

This is the part of the problem that I want to solve

..........The rounding rules for
sales tax are that for a tax rate of n%, a shelf price of p contains
(np/100 rounded up to the nearest 0.05) amount of sales
tax................

How to round up the sales tax?

 

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

The rounding rules for sales tax are that for a tax rate of n%,
a shelf price of p contains (np/100 rounded up to the nearest 0.05)
amount of sales tax................

How to round up the sales tax?

Google? Wikipedia? Rounding is something I did in third year in school, I
think, what exactly is your problem with it? The point is that I'm really
pressed trying to think up a hint that does not already give away your
whole homework....

Uli

 

[Roedy Green]

.........The rounding rules for

sales tax are that for a tax rate of n%, a shelf price of p contains
(np/100 rounded up to the nearest 0.05) amount of sales
tax

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/round.html#CURRENCY