Objective

Ask the user for three items in their backpack and what each one weighs, then report the total.

Skills to Practice

• Prompting a user for input
• Converting input to the correct data type
• Performing arithmetic
• Formatting custom output using variables

Tasks

• Create a new Python program named cc-backpack-weight.
• Prompt for the name of item 1, then for that item's weight.
• Use the item's name inside its weight prompt — look closely at the sample output.
• Repeat for items 2 and 3.
• Display each item with its weight, then the total weight.
• Weights can be decimals, so choose your cast accordingly.

Sample Output

Name of item 1: Water Bottle [Enter]
Weight of Water Bottle (lbs): 1 [Enter]

Name of item 2: Laptop [Enter]
Weight of Laptop (lbs): 2 [Enter]

Name of item 3: Snack [Enter]
Weight of Snack (lbs): 0.25 [Enter]

- Weight -
Water Bottle: 1lbs
Laptop: 2lbs
Snack: 0.25lbs

Total weight: 3.25lbs