**For Kim Woods Only**

Primary Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central)

Primary Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 200–250 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

A computer program usually needs some variables with specific data types to store data. For example, a sale program may have a variable with decimal data type to store the item price data. Assume that you are the programmer hired by a bank to write a program for its automated teller machines (ATM). Give an example of a variable that you will use in the program, and answer the following questions:

· What are the name and data type that you want to use for that variable?

· Why are the name and data type appropriate for that variable?