tax_purchase.py

### The states of CA, MN, and NY have taxes of 7.5%, 9.5%, and 8.9% respectively.
### Take the amount of a purchase and the corresponding state to assure 
### that they are taxed by the right amount.

state = "MN"
purchase_amount = 176

if state == "CA":
    tax_amount = .075
    total_cost = purchase_amount * (1+tax_amount)
    result = "Since you're from {}, your total cost is {}.".format(state, total_cost)

elif state == "MN":
    tax_amount = .095
    total_cost = purchase_amount * (1+tax_amount)
    result = "Since you're from {}, your total cost is {}.".format(state, total_cost)

elif state == "NY":
    tax_amount = .089
    total_cost = purchase_amount * (1+tax_amount)
    result = "Since you're from {}, your total cost is {}.".format(state, total_cost)

print(result)