trying to write code for a function using dollar amounts with an operation only want 2 decimal places to show on output

Answer 1

Get a look to this page. It should solve your problem. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k(v=vs.110).aspx

Answer 2

will do thx

Answer 3

decimal account = 1500.955M;
Console.WriteLine("{0}", account.ToString("C2"));

And please use decimal for currency calculations because it's based by 10 not by 2. It has some advantages.

Answer 4

also multiplying it by a double decimal for a percentage