Please help

[starplayerrob]

im trying to creat a java loop program that does the following
• Uses a loop to compute and display, using JOptionPane, the cost of tuition in 15 years at a local university.
• The current cost of tuition is $10, 000.
• Assume that the cost of tuition increases every year by 5%. (Note: declare as a constant)
• Inside your loop please use JOptionPane to write out the year and the tuition cost in a table format for each year. Use DecimalFormat to format output to two decimals.
• Include a routine that computes and displays, using JOptionPane, the total cost of 4 years worth of tuition starting 10 years from now

i am totally lost i have gotten this so far but im lost and need help getting in the right direction.. if anyone can help me please do asap.

this is what i have so far but i think i am wrong.. please help

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class TuitionTruesdell {
public static void main(String[] args) {

double tuition = 10000;
double rate = 1.05;
double plusTuition = 10000;
int year = 1;
String myOutput;
myOutput = "Year "+" Tuition Amount \n";

Scanner output = new Scanner(myOutput);
while(year <= 15){
tuition = tuition * 1.05 + plusTuition;
year++;
myOutput += year + " " + tuition + "\n";

}
}
}

[ozzyman]

To declare a constant value you should create an enum set somewhere in your code,
it may look like this:

public class TuitionTruesdell {
...
private enum TuitionFees {
    UNIVERSITY_FEES(10000,1.05);
    public double fee, increase;
    TuitionFees(double yearlyFee, double yearlyIncrease) {
       fee = yearlyFee;
       increase = yearlyIncrease;
    }
}
...
}

To get the information you need, UNIVERSITY_FEES.fee will return 10000
and UNIVERSITY_FEES.increase will return 1.05

To calculate a 5% increase for 15 years, the result should be:
initial fee * increase rate^years; where 'x^y' indicates x to the Power of y.

You can use Math.pow(double a, double b) in Java to calculate powers
Math (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)