Solution to Problem 1:

#Program: journey.py
#Author: Brenda Student
#Class: CSCI 110, Section 01
#Date: 2/7/11
#Assignment: Homework 1
#Purpose: Asks a few questions and repeats the answers in a sentence format}

name = raw_input("Hi there! What is your name? ")
destination = raw_input("Where are you going? ")
miles = input("How far have you traveled (in miles)? ")
print ""
print "Let me see if I have this straight:"
print name + " has traveled", miles*5280, "feet on the way to " + destination + "."
print ""
print "Thanks for running the program."

Solution to problem 2:

#Program: tipComputer.py
#Author: Brenda Student
#Class: CSCI 110, Section 01
#Date: 2/7/11
#Assignment: Homework 1
#Purpose: Asks a few questions and repeats the answers in a sentence format}

bill = input("Please enter the amount of the bill: ")
print ""
print "A 15% tip would be $", .15*bill
print "A 20% tip would be $", .20*bill