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xxiv Project Summary
Project Summary
Ch./Sec
Proj.
Academic Area
Sol. Pages
Difficulty
Title
Brief Description
3.23
12
Sociology
0.4
easy
One-Hundredth Birthday
Write a program that prompts the user for his/her birthday month, day, and year and prints the date of the user’s one- hundredth birthday.
4.3
1
Math & Phys
1.7
easy
Stopping Distance
Write a program which determines whether a vehicle’s tailgating distance is safe, given the speed of the vehicle, the vehicle’s tailgating distance, and a formula that gives the distance required to stop the vehicle.
4.3 4.9
2
Engineering
1.9
easy
Column Safety
Write a program that determines whether a structural column is thick enough to support the column’s expected load.
4.3
3
Business
1.1
easy
Economic Policy
Write a program that reads in growth rate and inflation values and outputs a recommended economic policy.
4.8
4
Business
2.0
moderate
Bank Balance
Write a program that determines the number of years until a growing bank balance reaches a million dollars.
4.9 4.12
5
CS
2.6 difficult
Apago
Game of NIM Implement the game of NIM. Start the
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game with a user-specified number
of stones in a pile. The user and the computer take turns removing either one or two stones from the pile. The player who takes the last stone loses.
4.12
6
Math & Phys
1.0
easy
Triangle
Write a program that generates an isosceles triangle made of asterisks, given user input for triangle size.
4.12
7
Sociology
0.8
easy
Mayan Calendar
Implement an algorithm that determines the number of Tzolkins and the number of Haabs in one Calendar Round.
4.12
8
CS
0.9
easy
Input Validation
Implement an algorithm that repeatedly prompts for inputs until they fall within an acceptable range and computes the average of valid inputs.
4.14
9
Business
2.6
moderate
Tax Preparation
Write a program that calculates customers’ income taxes using the following rules:
• The amount of taxes owed equals the
taxable income times the tax rate.
• Taxable income equals gross income
minus $1,000 for each exemption.
• The taxable income cannot be less than zero.