Thread: Need some help

I need determine LTB (Long Term Benefits) which is determined by each full $100 of the gross pay being worth $2

So an example would be 589 would be 500, thats 5 100's, so the total LTB would be $10 (5 * 2 = $10)

you can see what i used pre-post

Code:

ltb = (gross / 100) * 2;

but that doesnt work as it rounds

ie 517 would be 5 but 589 would be 6 (it should be 5 in this case)

edit: i dont need it to be done, some tips would be appreciated

Are you sure?

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
    
    int gross = 589;
    int ltb;
    
    ltb = (gross / 100) * 2;
    printf("The computed long term benefits are $%d.\n", ltb);
    return 0;
}

gives

Code:

The computed long term benefits are $10.

Originally Posted by tabstop

Are you sure?

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
    
    int gross = 589;
    int ltb;
    
    ltb = (gross / 100) * 2;
    printf("The computed long term benefits are $%d.\n", ltb);
    return 0;
}

gives

Code:

The computed long term benefits are $10.

ya, it may be because my gross variable is a double though perhaps??

Well, then you should look into math.h, especially this function.

yes thanks that works but i have one last problem i have to calculate federal tax and i've been trying to figure out a formula for awhile now.

Code:

 Federal tax (FT) is deducted from gross pay. FT is calculated
          based on what a person would earn for a full year, assuming that
          the employee will make the current week's gross pay every week
          for a full 52 weeks. The rates are:
                o 16% on the first $20,000 earned annually
                o 23% on the next $20,000 earned annually
                o 29% on the remainder earned annually

            Provincial Tax (PT) is collected by the Federal Government in
            all provinces (except Quebec, which we will ignore for the
            purposes of this assignment). PT is calculated at 47% of the
            Federal tax, and is simply added to FT.

            An example of a gross weekly pay of $598.50 would be calculated
            as an annual pay of $31,122 (598.50 * 52), which will result in
            a total FT (including PT) of $162.78
            ((20,000 * 0.16 + 11,122 * 0.23) / 52 * 1.47).

if anyone can give me some pointers (no a programming pointer) on how i could do this?

the way tried is way to hard to explain though i have a bit of the code left

Code:

double cFT(double gross) {
       double annual = 0, ft16, ft23 = 0, ftremain = 0, ft;
       annual = gross * 52;
       ft16 = annual - 20000;
       if (ft16 > 20000) {
                ft23 = ft16 - 20000;
                ft16 = 20000;
       ft23 = ft16 - 20000
       ftremain = ft23 
       ft = (

it was giving me off numbers like some where negatives so just seeing if someone can help with a new formula to figure this out.