Answer to Question #328106 in C++ for Christine

Question

Read this story and calculate/print the x total eggs collected between Monday and Wednesday:

Mang Jose’s chickens always lay eggsPerChicken eggs precisely at noon, which he collects that day.

• On Monday, Mang Jose has chickenCount chickens.

• On Tuesday morning, Mang Jose gains 1 chicken.

• On Wednesday morning, a wild beast eats half the chickens!

For Example:

• If Mang Jose starts with eggsPerChicken = 5 and chickenCount = 3, he must then collect a total of 45

eggs

• If Mang Jose starts with eggsPerChicken = 4 and chickenCount = 8, he must then collect a total of 84

eggs

Develop a C++ program that calculates how many eggs will Mang Jose collects based on user input.

Answer 1

#include <iostream>


int main() {
  int chickenCount;
  int eggsPerChicken;
  std::cout << "Enter amount of chickens: ";
  std::cin >> chickenCount;
  std::cout << "Enter amount of eggs per chicken: ";
  std::cin >> eggsPerChicken;
  int total = 0;


  // Monday
  total += chickenCount * eggsPerChicken;


  // Tuesday
  ++chickenCount; // new chicken
  total += chickenCount * eggsPerChicken;


  // Wednesday
  chickenCount /= 2; // a wild beast eats half the chickens! 
  total += chickenCount * eggsPerChicken;


  std::cout << "Total amount of eggs: " << total << '\n';
  return 0;

}