A program is written to calculate the tax on a shopping item.
1 FUNCTION calculateTax(price)
2 BEGIN FUNCTION
3 IF price > 100 THEN
4 tax = price * 0.20
5 ELSE
6 tax = price * 0.05
7 END IF
8 RETURN tax
9 END FUNCTION
10
11 SEND "Enter the item price: " TO DISPLAY
12 RECEIVE userPrice FROM (REAL) KEYBOARD
13 SET finalTax TO calculateTax(userPrice)
14 SEND ("Tax to pay: " & finalTax) TO DISPLAY
Identify the name of a parameter used in this pseudocode.
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