Question

what does the program described by this flowchart do? declarations string prompt = \enter hours worked: \ num hours num rate = 13.00 num pay note: rate is expect increase on january output prompt input hours pay = hours * rate program assumes all employees make the same standard hourly rate. output pay

Explanation:

Step1: Start the program

The program execution begins.

Step2: Declare variables

Declares a string variable PROMPT with the text "Enter hours worked: ", and numeric variables hours, RATE (initialized to 13.00), and pay.

Step3: Output prompt

Displays the prompt asking the user to enter hours worked.

Step4: Input hours

Takes the user - entered number of hours and stores it in the hours variable.

Step5: Calculate pay

Multiplies the hours variable by the RATE variable to calculate the pay (pay = hours * RATE).

Step6: Output pay

Displays the calculated pay to the user.

Answer:

The program prompts the user to enter the number of hours worked, multiplies the entered hours by a fixed hourly rate of 13.00, and then outputs the calculated pay.