Sprint 1.6 Backpack Weight

Objective

Ask the user to enter the weight of three items in their backpack. Display the total weight.

Skills to Practice

• Prompting a user for input
• Performing arithmetic
• Formatting text output

Tasks

• Create a new project named sprint-1-6
• Complete the following tasks:
  • Prompt the user for three backpack items and their corresponding weight.
  • Note that once the item name is given, its name is used in the following prompt for its weight.
  • Display the total weight.

Sample Output

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Name of item 1: Water Bottle [Enter]
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Weight of Water Bottle (lbs): 1 [Enter]
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Name of item 2: Laptop [Enter]
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Weight of Laptop (lbs): 2 [Enter]
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Name of item 3: Snack [Enter]
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Weight of Snack (lbs): 0.25 [Enter]
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- Weight -
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Water Bottle: 1lbs
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Laptop: 2lbs
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Snack: 0.25lbs
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Total weight: 3.25lbs