CalculateMinimumPayment.py

# Function to determine the minimum payment
# A Codecademy Python (Something of Interest) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice

def hotel_cost(nights):
    return nights * 140

bill = hotel_cost(5)

def get_min(balance,rate):
    return balance * rate # Calculates the minimum payment
    
def add_monthly_interest(balance):
    interest = balance * (0.15/12) # Calculate interest
    return balance + interest # Return the sum of the balance and interest

print get_min(bill, 0.02) # Two values, bill and 0.02, are passed to function get_min