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ajtorres (23)
I have this program I am working on and I need to add a few things on it. I am new to programming and I am going by what books and a few videos say, but I can sure do more with some help from more experienced programmers.

Here is the code so far

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/*Three car race*/

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string driverA, driverB, driverC,
		colorRed, colorBlue, colorGreen;
	int number1, number2, number3,
		laptimeM1, laptimeS1,
		laptimeM2, laptimeS2,
		laptimeM3, laptimeS3;

	// Car1 Info
	cout << "Who is the driver for car one? ";
	getline(cin, driverA);
	cout << "What is the color for car one? ";
	getline(cin, colorRed);
	cout << "What is car one's number? ";
	cin >> number1;
	cout << "What was car one's laptime? "; // format M:S
	cin >> laptimeM1 >> laptimeS1;
	cin.ignore();

	// Car2 Info
	cout << endl << "Who is the driver for car two? ";
	getline(cin, driverB);
	cout << "What is the color for car two? ";
	getline(cin, colorBlue);
	cout << "What is car two's number? ";
	cin >> number2;
	cout << "What was car two's laptime? ";
	cin >> laptimeM2 >> laptimeS2;
	cin.ignore();

	// Car3 Info
	cout << endl << "Who is the driver for car three? ";
	getline(cin, driverC);
	cout << "What is the color for car three? ";
	getline(cin, colorGreen);
	cout << "What is car three's number? ";
	cin >> number3;
	cout << "what is car three's laptime? ";
	cin >> laptimeM3 >> laptimeS3;

	// convert all to seconds
	int s1 = laptimeS1 + laptimeM1 * 60;
	int s2 = laptimeS2 + laptimeM2 * 60;
	int s3 = laptimeS3 + laptimeM3 * 60;

	cout << endl << "Fastests: " << endl;
	if (s1 <= s2 && s1 <= s3)
		cout << driverA << " " << colorRed << " " << number1 << " " << s1 << "seconds" << endl;
	if (s2 <= s1 && s2 <= s3)
		cout << driverB << " " << colorBlue << " " << number2 << " " << s2 << "seconds" << endl;
	if (s3 <= s2 && s3 <= s1)
		cout << driverC << " " << colorGreen << " " << number3 << " " << s3 << "seconds" << endl;

	cout << endl << "Slowest: " << endl;
	if (s1 >= s2 && s1 >= s3)
		cout << driverA << " " << colorRed << " " << number1 << " " << s1 << "seconds" << endl;
	if (s2 >= s1 && s2 >= s3)
		cout << driverB << " " << colorBlue << " " << number2 << " " << s2 << "seconds" << endl;
	if (s3 >= s2 && s3 >= s1)
		cout << driverC << " " << colorGreen << " " << number3 << " " << s3 << "seconds" << endl;
	
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}


this is what I need help with:
-I need to let the user know what format to put in time
-my calculation was wrong apparently and also missing part where not asking user how many laps to enter.
this was supposed to be a program that calculates the output of three car positions for a two lap race and a three lap race. The time input is supposed to be in MM:SS.
SamuelAdams (1535)
The first question is easy enough

cout << "What was car one's laptime? format MM:SS";

Which calculation is wrong ?
ajtorres (23)
thank you for that answer, and I would add that for each car correct? in each section?

as for the calculation part I was supposed to make a program that calculates the output of three car positions for a two lap race and a three lap race, with an input in MM:SS, and asking user how many laps, which I thought I did but my instructor said I did not. could you help me fix this?
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