CSCI 160 Assignment 1,   Fall 1997

DUE:  
The assignment is due on or before 3am, Friday September 26.  This
assignment is worth 20 objective points.  Your solution will be graded
on the basis of its run-time behaviour and on the clarity and
simplicity of the source code.  See the marking guide in
~csci160/Pex1/markingGuide. With regard to simplicity and clarity,
follow the ASAP principle: as simple as possible.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Issue the command:
               cp -r ~csci160/Pex1 .
to copy the assignment work directory to your account.  Locate to Pex1
and use the  CSCI 160 Exercise Development Utility to test, verify and
submit you assignment (enter the command  make help for instructions on
how to use the utility). 

This assignment is to be completed by each student.  Submit only one
implementation; if you send more than one, we will discard all but the
last one.  The assignment identifier is  CSCI 160 Pex 1 (see Course
Information Sheet).  Your assignment  must be received before the due
date and time.  In addition, your e-mail  must have the assignment
identifier as its subject.  All other methods of submission will not be
accepted.  You will receive no credit for an assignment submission that
fails to adhere to this convention.

QUESTION:
Description
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Consider the situation where your local bank offers the following
4-Easy-Pay ment investment plan.  A fixed amount of money is invested
each year for four years.  At the end of each year, the bank adds
4.34% to the amount currently invested.  The investment matures at the
end of the fourth year.  Your task is develop a C++ program to
determine the total  value of the investment at the end of the fourth
year.

Sample Output
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Enter the easy-payment amount (in dollars) 100.00
Interest accrues at the rate of 4.34% per year
Total investment value after 4 years (in dollars) is 445.32

Assumptions/Restrictions 
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The input data (amount) is a positive real number (float) between 0.00
and 1,000,000.00 inclusive.  The output data is a real number between
0.00 and 10,000,000.00 inclusive.  The output data is to be displayed
using two places of decimals.  The simple interest percentage figure is
to be formatted as given above and is to be displayed using two places
of decimals.

Test Set 
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see ~csci160/Pex1/tinp