C# homework, using while and counter HELP

Shaker AlSalem

Drivers are concerned with the mileage obtained by their automobiles. One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording miles driven and gallons used for each tankful. Develop a C# program that uses a while statement to input the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful. The program should calculate and display the miles per gallon obtained for each tankful and print the combined miles per gallon obtained for all tankfuls up to this point.
Enter the miles used (-1 to quit): 287
Enter gallons: 13
MPG this tankful: 22.076923
Total MPG: 22.076923

Enter the miles used (-1 to quit): 200
Enter gallons: 10
MPG this tankful: 20.000000
Total MPG: 21.173913

Enter the miles used (-1 to quit): 120
Enter gallons: 5
MPG this tankful: 24.000000
Total MPG: 21.678571

Enter miles (-1 to quit): -1

Been trying to do this using while loop and counter on a console application, I missed the first couple of classes, and now i dont seem to figure out how to start!, please help me with this homework as im going to try to learn from it to write my next 2 assignments,thank you guys for your time.

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Vulpes14y ago
Accepted answer
As it's very easy, I'll do it for you this one time:

using System;

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
double miles;
double gallons;
double totalMiles = 0;
double totalGallons = 0;

while(true)
{
Console.Write("Enter the miles used (-1 to quit): ");
miles = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
if (miles == -1) return;
totalMiles += miles;

Console.Write("Enter gallons: ");
gallons = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
totalGallons += gallons;

Console.WriteLine("MPG this tankful: {0:F6}", miles/gallons);
Console.WriteLine("Total MPG: {0:F6}", totalMiles/totalGallons);
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
}
Shaker AlSalem14y ago
THANKS BOSS!
Vulpes14y ago
Both totalMiles and totalGallons start off at zero as we're using them to keep a running total of the miles and gallons used.

'+=' means add what's on the right hand side to what's on the left hand side.

So: totalMiles += miles; means adds 'miles' to 'totalMiles'. It's really shorthand for:

totalMiles = totalMiles + miles;

'F6' means format the number to 6 decimal places.
Shaker AlSalem14y ago
im trying to understand the whole code, can you please tell me why is
double totalMiles = 0 same as the one below it
also what does += mean, the F6 as well

thanks!
Shaker AlSalem14y ago
thank you so much Vulpes! appreciate ur work, i got back to the basics and started learning all of it :)