Question

def stateTax(amount):
taxRate = 0.05
taxAmount = taxRate * amount
print('State tax: ',taxAmount)
return taxAmount

def countyTax(amount):
taxRate = 0.025
taxAmount = taxRate * amount
print('County tax: ',taxAmount)
return taxAmount

def totalTax(state,county):
taxAmount = state + county
print('Total tax: ',taxAmount)
return taxAmount

def totalAmount(amount, tax):
total = amount + tax
return total
def main():
amount = float(input('Enter the amount of purchase: '))
sTax = stateTax(amount)
cTax = countyTax(amount)
tTax = totalTax(sTax,cTax)
print('Total amount including tax is: ' ,total)

main()

I am a student using python programing.

My goal is to

1. Enter purchase amount

2. Compute State tax

3. Compute County tax

4. Display purchase amount

5. Display state tax

6. Display county tax

7. Display total sales tax

8. Display Total of Sale

How can I fix my line 26 to define total from error saying total is not defined?

Answer 1

Correct code:

# Calculates stateTax and returns stateTax amount
def stateTax(amount):
taxRate = 0.05
taxAmount = taxRate * amount
print('State tax: ',taxAmount)
return taxAmount

# Calculates countyTax and returns countyTax amount
def countyTax(amount):
taxRate = 0.025
taxAmount = taxRate * amount
print('County tax: ',taxAmount)
return taxAmount

# Calculates sum of stateTax and countyTax returns Total Tax amount
def totalTax(state,county):
taxAmount = state + county
print('Total tax: ',taxAmount)
return taxAmount

# Calculates sum of purchase and tax and returns total sale
def totalAmount(amount, tax):
total = amount + tax
return total
def main():
amount = float(input('Enter the amount of purchase: '))
sTax = stateTax(amount) ## State Tax is stored in sTax
cTax = countyTax(amount) ## Country Tax is stored in cTax
tTax = totalTax(sTax,cTax) ## Total Tax is stored in sTax
  
# calling totalAmount function by passing purchase amount and total tax
tSale = totalAmount(amount,tTax)## Total sale is amount is stored in tSale
print('Total amount including tax is: ' ,tSale)

main()

OUTPUT:

ERRORS YOU MADE:

• variable total is not there in function main. It is the function totalAmount.
• Moreover total is the return value in the function totalAmount. You have to use another variable to store the total value.
• Next you didn't call the function totalAmount in main().