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At a club door the guard asks the age first…
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At a club door the guard asks the age first. A person of 18 or more is then asked for a ticket. Write the decision with a nested if, so that the result is one of three messages: Welcome in., You need a ticket. or You are too young. Then write the table of the four cases.
The worked solution
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Plan. The ticket question belongs inside the age question.
The four cases.
| Age | Ticket? | Output |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | yes | Welcome in. |
| 20 | no | You need a ticket. |
| 15 | yes | You are too young. |
| 15 | no | You are too young. |
Check. The inner else lines up with the inner if, and the outer else lines up with the outer if. A young person never gets the ticket question.
Answer: The program above. The last two rows give the same message, because the age decides first.
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