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 - 24 Jul 2007 10:19 GMT
> 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

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Roedy Green - 24 Jul 2007 14:18 GMT
>.........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

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