How to input tips?

Question

import math

def split_check(total, number_of_people,tips):
  cost_per_person = math.ceil(total / number_of_people)
  return cost_per_person

total_due = float(input("What is the total? "))
number_of_people = int(input("How many people? "))
amount_due = split_check(total_due,number_of_people)          

print("Each person owes ${}".format(amount_due))

If I want to create another feature like tips in percentage? what should I do?

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Answer 1 · 2019-03-30T02:44:54Z

March 30, 2019 2:44am

Hi Gia,

If you wanted to factor in a tip where you give it a percentage, you would want to update the total before you did the division that gave you cost per person. In other words, something like this:

import math

def split_check(total, number_of_people, tip_percentage):
  # New line of code here: total = total + a percentage of the total as a tip
  total += total*tip_percentage # Would need to be a decimal, like 0.15 is 15%
  # The rest of the code stays the same
  cost_per_person = math.ceil(total / number_of_people)
  return cost_per_person

total_due = float(input("What is the total? "))
number_of_people = int(input("How many people? "))
# Need to ask for a tip percentage:
# TODO: Add the code here - you know how to do this.
# Notice there is now one more parameter to split_check, for the tip.
amount_due = split_check(total_due,number_of_people, tip_percentage)          

print("Each person owes ${}".format(amount_due))

Hopefully it's not too complicated! Let me know if you still have questions and I'm happy to help.

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