7. Algorithm design and problem-solving
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Members of a litter picking group complete a litter pick every month. Members’ names are stored in one-dimensional (1D) array PickerName Each member stores the weight of the litter they have picked in another one-dimensional (1D) array PickedWeight The weights are in kilograms with one decimal place, for example 8.4 The position of each member’s data in the two arrays is the same. For example, the member stored at index 10 in PickerName and at index 10 in PickedWeight is the same. Every month, there is a small prize awarded to the members of the group who have the two heaviest weights. Certificates are awarded to all members with a pick weight of over three kilograms. Write a program that meets the following requirements: • allows the weight of members’ picks to be input and validated • sorts the arrays PickedWeight and PickerName in descending order of weight • outputs the member names and the pick weights of the members with the two heaviest picks and identifies them as “Best in Group” and “Second best in Group” • stores the names of all the members who will receive a certificate in the array PickerCertificate • outputs a message stating the number of certificates to be printed. You must use pseudocode or program code and add comments to explain how your code works. You do not need to declare any arrays or variables; you may assume that this has already been done. All inputs and outputs must contain suitable messages. You do not need to initialise the data in the array PickerName
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