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W Mart, a new retail chain, has announced a discount on the total sale amount, in a single transaction, using the following scheme.

Table 1: Discount on Sale Amount
Total Sale Amount	Discount on this sale amount
Less than $100	0%
From $100 up to less than $500	10% for each dollar over $100
From $500 up to less than $1,000	$40 PLUS 20% of the total sale amount over $500
From $1,000 up to less than $2,000	$140 PLUS 30% of the total sale amount over $1,000
$2,000 and above	$440 PLUS 40% of the total sale amount over $2,000

That is, if the total sale amount is $100 then the discount will be $0. However, if the total sale amount is $101 then the discount will be $0.10. If the total sale amount is $500 then the discount will be $40, but if the total sale amount is $501 then the discount will be $40.20.

W Mart keeps track of a customer through a unique customer ID. W Mart gives one reward point for every $100 spent irrespective of the number of transactions. The points accumulate over the time for a customer for his/her purchases. Finally, for each 100 reward points it gives an additional discount of $10 on a purchase over $10 in a transaction.

Write a Python program that, for every transaction, takes input on the customer ID and the total sale amount in the transaction. It then reads a text file called discount.txt that stores information on the discount on sales amount as shown in Table 1 above. The text file stores the information in a plain text format as follows.

Less than $100 --> 0%
From $100 up to less than $500 --> 10%
From $500 up to less than $1,000 --> $40 PLUS 20%
From $1,000 up to less than $2,000 --> $140 PLUS 30%
$2,000 and above --> $440 PLUS 40%

At the end of each transaction the following information is written (appended) out in a file called sales.txt. The same information is also displayed on screen.

Customer ID: 1
Total sale amount: 110
Discount amount: 1
Discounted sale amount: 109

Reward point: 1
Additional discount: 0
Additional discounted sale amount: 109
Cumulative sale amount for the next reward point: 10

Final sale amount: 109 

Use appropriate data structure in writing your code.

All exceptions need to be handled. Invalid inputs need to be handled and asked for a valid input again. 

Use functions to make your program well designed, instead of just using a single main function. For example, you could use a function to take inputs from a user, a function to compute the discount, a function to compute the reward points, a function to display the output on the screen and so on. We expect you to use at least four (4) functions other than the main function.

In order to compute the reward points of a customer your program will need to read the sales.txt file. A customer is identified by her/his unique Customer ID, and may appear multiple times in the sales.txt file.

Write an algorithm in structured English (pseudocode) that describes the steps required to perform the task specified. Some examples of pseudocode can be found

Implement your algorithm in Python.