How Do I Design an Algorithm to Convert Height and Weight Measurements?

[mikedot]

Homework Statement

The assignment was to design an algorithm that asks for a user's height in feet and inches and their weight in pounds. The output of user's height and weight is suppose to be the user's height in meters and the user's weight in kilos. So I'm basically just suppose to convert those two things, which should be easy (and it probably is...). The problem is that I'm not sure how to write this all down.

Homework Equations

(Umm... I'm not sure what to add here... Is that ok?)

The Attempt at a Solution

Only thing I could think of for this was this:

Algorithm HeightWeightConvert

Calulate Feet in inches to Meters
1 Feet = 12 in.
1 Meter = 39.37 in.
User inputs 4 feet 3 in. then output 1 meter 8 inches...

...or something like that...

It's my first time designing an algorithm and I've very stumped on what to write down... like what variables I'm suppose to use... (And my converstion skills is pretty curdy, too.) I've talked to my proffessor about it, and he told it to me again. It seemed pretty striaght foward, but I still wasn't sure about it myself.

(I'm not sure if I posted this thread in the right section... This assignment is for my Computer Organization class which include topics on data representation within a computer, number systems, intrustion set, basic logical structures and operating systems.

 

[dlgoff]

I can give you this much since I'm not a programmer.

Input height in feet and inches
convert feet to inches and add to input inches to get total inches.
multiply total inches by conversion factor to get meters
output meters.
(code for weight here)

You need to break the problem down in steps and write the code accordingly.
Hope this helps.

 

[mikedot]

Oh yeah... I think I get it, now... Thank you, kindly.