Question

you are writing a program to find the sales tax and total cost for an item, given the sales tax is 5%. identify the step - #calculate the total cost - as input, process, or output. #ask the user for the cost of the item. #calculate the sales tax. #calculate the total cost. #display the total price.

Explanation:

In programming, input is data received from outside (like user - entered item cost). Processing is the manipulation of data to get results, such as calculating sales tax and total cost. Output is the result shown to the user. Calculating the total cost involves operations on input data (item cost and tax rate), so it's a process.

Answer:

process