Functional Programming Questions

Your software company was invited to provide a proposal for a company in Australia. You currently have the cost in US dollars and need to convert the prices to the Australian dollar.

Write a 2-part program using Ruby, Java®, or Python.

Part 1: Write a function to gather the following costs from the user:

Travel Cost: $9,800

Hotel Cost: $3,500

Rental Car Cost: $1,600

Labor Cost: $15,500

Part 2: Write a function to convert the costs from United States dollar (USD) to Australian dollar (AUD). Note: Look up the current USD to AUD exchange rate to use in your function.

Test the program 3 times by providing different costs in USD.

Provide the code and take a screenshot of the output, then paste the screenshot(s) into a Microsoft® Word document.

Write a half-page response in the same Microsoft® Word document to address the following:

Provide a manual for the user explaining how to use the program.

Explain what type of user input validations you should have. What happens if the user enters a negative number? What happens if the user puts a $ in the input?

Review the readings for this week from Ruby on Rails Tutorialor the Pluralsight videos if you have additional questions on deploying Ruby applications.

Submit your document.