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heavily as a regular test.
4. Write an algorithm that gets the price for item A plus the quantity
purchased. The algorithm prints the total cost, including 6% sales tax.
+
+ ```ruby
+ def calculate_total(price, quantity, tax = 0.06)
+ return (price * quantity) * (1.0 + tax)
+ end
+ ```
+
+ ```plaintext
+ Get values for `price` and `quantity`
+ Set the value of `tax` to 1.06
+ Set the vlue of `total` to `price` multiplied by `quantity` multiplied by `tax`
+ Return the value of `total`
+ ```
+
5. Write an if/then/else primitive to do each of the following operations:
* a. Compute and display the value `x / y` if the value of `y` is not `0`. if
`y` does have the value `0`, then display the message `Unable to perform the