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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
The billing department for the bank has asked for your team's help. They want to develop a program that will determine the monthly charges for checking accounts. The following criteria is to be used:
Balance > = 100.00 will not be charged fees
Balance < 100.00 will be charged $9.95 monthly fee
Your team will use this as a learning opportunity to get experience with algorithm development and with using flowcharts and pseudocode. For the bank's system, you will develop the following:
Flowchart showing the program processing flow
Algorithm in pseudocode describing the steps the program will perform
Discuss your thoughts on the following:
What are the advantages to using a flowchart for the solution?
What are the advantages for using pseudocode?
When responding to your classmates, be sure to point out any corrections needed to their algorithms. This discussion activity should help strengthen your ability to develop algorithms.