Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Because an awful lot of times, just the one addition or multiplication is 
> what you need.

> MULTIPLY RETAIL-PRICE BY DISCOUNT-PERCENT GIVING DISCOUNTED-PRICE.
> MULTIPLY DISCOUNTED-PRICE BY SALES-TAX-PERCENTAGE GIVING SALES-TAX.
> ADD SALES-TAX TO DISCOUNTED-PRICE GIVING TOTAL-DISPLAYED-ON-REGISTER.

  I still find this clearer:

DISCOUNTED-PRICE = RETAIL-PRICE * DISCOUNT-PERCENT.
GIVING SALES-TAX = DISCOUNTED-PRICE * SALES-TAX-PERCENTAGE.
TOTAL-DISPLAYED-ON-REGISTER = SALES-TAX + DISCOUNTED-PRICE.

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                                                          - Warp

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