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Subject: help with program PLEASE URGENT
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I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MATLAB
how do i write a program that performs a survey tally on beverages. the program should prompt the user for the next person until a sentinel value of -1 is entered to terminate the program. each person participating in the survey should choose their favorite beverage from the following list: 
1. coffee 2. tea 3. coke 4. orange juice 


sample run 

please input the favorite beverage of person #1: choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 from above menu or -1 to exit the program 
4 

please input the favorite beverage of person #1: choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 from above menu or -1 to exit the program 
1 

please input the favorite beverage of person #1: choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 from above menu or -1 to exit the program 
3 

please input the favorite beverage of person #1: choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 from above menu or -1 to exit the program 
1 

please input the favorite beverage of person #1: choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 from above menu or -1 to exit the program 
1 

please input the favorite beverage of person #1: choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 from above menu or -1 to exit the program 
-1 

the total number of people surveyed is 5. The results are as follows: 

Beverage Number of votes 
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coffee 3 
tea 0 
coke 1 
orange juice 1 


how is it that i write this program please may i get some help
NEED SUM 1 TO SHOW ME HOW ITS WRITTEN PLEASE!!!
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