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I'm a student learning Python, I made this calculator that will tell you the tuition for the next 5 years at an increase of 3% per year. How can I improve on this and did I do anything that isn't best practice? To revise my new version, Python tuition calculator 2.0

I'm a student learning Python, I made this calculator that will tell you the tuition for the next 5 years at an increase of 3% per year. How can I improve on this and did I do anything that isn't best practice? To revise my new version, Python tuition calculator 2.0

I'm a student learning Python, I made this calculator that will tell you the tuition for the next 5 years at an increase of 3% per year. How can I improve on this and did I do anything that isn't best practice?

I'm a student learning Python, I made this calculator that will tell you the tuition for the next 5 years at an increase of 3% per year. How can I improve on this and did I do anything that isn't best practice? To revise my new version, Python tuition calculator 2.0

RESIDENCY_COST = {
                    "I": 10000,
                    "O": 24000,
                    "G": 40000,
                 }


cost_of_tuition = None
while True:
    residency = raw_input('Please input your type of residency, I for in-state, O for out-of-state, and G for graduate: ')
    try:
        cost_of_tuition = RESIDENCY_COST[residency]
        break
    except ValueError:
        print ('Please enter I, G or O ONLY.')
   
 
years = []
tuition_increase = []
academic_year = []
academic_year_inc = []

for _ in range(5):
    intMath = cost_of_tuition * 0.03
    tuition_increase.append(intMath)
    fnlMath = intMath + cost_of_tuition
    years.append(fnlMath)
    cost_of_tuition = fnlMath
    academic_year.append("${:,.2f}".format(fnlMath))
    academic_year_inc.append("${:,.2f}".format(intMath))

total_tuition_increaseSum = sum(tuition_increase)
total_tuition_increase = "${:,.2f}".format(total_tuition_increaseSum)

print('UNDERGRADUATE TUITION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ')
print('ACADEMIC YEAR          TUITION       INCREASE ')
print('-------------     ------------       -------- ')
 
for i, year in enumerate(range(16, 21)):
    print('{}-{}             {}        {}'.format(year + 2000, year + 1,
                                                  academic_year[i],
                                                  academic_year_inc[i]))
 
print('TOTAL TUITION INCREASE              ' + total_tuition_increase)

inState = 10000
outState = 24000
profGrad = 40000

years = []
tuitionIncrease = []


i = raw_input('Please input your type of residency, I for in-state, O for out-of-state, and G for graduate: ')


if i == 'I':
    costOfTuition = inState
elif i == 'O':
    costOfTuition = outState
elif i == 'G':
    costOfTuition = profGrad

x = 0
while x != 5:
    intMath = costOfTuition * 0.03
    tuitionIncrease.append(intMath)
    fnlMath = intMath + costOfTuition
    years.append(fnlMath)
    costOfTuition = fnlMath
    x += 1

academicYear1 = "${:,.2f}".format(years[0])
academicYear2 = "${:,.2f}".format(years[1])
academicYear3 = "${:,.2f}".format(years[2])
academicYear4 = "${:,.2f}".format(years[3])
academicYear5 = "${:,.2f}".format(years[4])

academicYear1Inc1 = "${:,.2f}".format(tuitionIncrease[0])
academicYear1Inc2 = "${:,.2f}".format(tuitionIncrease[1])
academicYear1Inc3 = "${:,.2f}".format(tuitionIncrease[2])
academicYear1Inc4 = "${:,.2f}".format(tuitionIncrease[3])
academicYear1Inc5 = "${:,.2f}".format(tuitionIncrease[4])

totalTuitionIncreaseSum = sum(tuitionIncrease)
totalTuitionIncrease = "${:,.2f}".format(totalTuitionIncreaseSum)
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print('UNDERGRADUATE TUITION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ')
print('ACADEMIC YEAR          TUITION       INCREASE ')
print('-------------     ------------       -------- ')
print('2016-17             ' + academicYear1 + '        ' + academicYear1Inc1) 
print('2017-18             ' + academicYear2 + '        ' + academicYear1Inc2) 
print('2018-19             ' + academicYear3 + '        ' + academicYear1Inc3)
print('2019-20             ' + academicYear4 + '        ' + academicYear1Inc4)
print('2020-21             ' + academicYear5 + '        ' + academicYear1Inc5)
print('TOTAL TUITION INCREASE              '     + totalTuitionIncrease)