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Code Challenge 1.5 - Tip Calculator

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Objective

Create a console application that helps users calculate the tip amount based on their bill subtotal and a given tip percentage.

Terms

Bill/Subtotal - How much your food and drink cost

Tip/Gratuity - How much money you would like to give your server. For example, people typically tip 15% to 20% of the subtotal.

Total - The sum of the bill and tip amount.

Examples

• A $10 bill with 20% tip = Tip $2; Total $12
• A $25 bill with 18% tip = Tip $4.50; Total $29.50

Skills to Practice

• Prompting a user for input
• Saving user input to variables
• Converting input to the correct data type (if necessary)
• Performing arithmetic calculations
• Formatting custom output using variables

Challenge Tasks

• Create a console project named Challenge 1-4.
• Prompt the user to enter the bill subtotal.
• Prompt the user to enter the tip percentage as a whole number. For example, 20 means 20%.
• Calculate the tip amount using the formula Tip = Subtotal × (tip percentage / 100).
• Calculate the total amount.
• Display the calculated tip amount and total amount to the user in a clear and formatted manner.
• If you want to ensure your dollar amounts always have two decimal places, search “add leading zeros to double in C#”.

Sample Output

--- Tip Calculator ---
Enter the bill subtotal: 50.00 [Enter]
Enter the tip percentage: 15 [Enter]

Tip amount: $7.50
Total amount: $57.50