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Thread: Distance Traveled problem help

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    Default Distance Traveled problem help

    My code compiles, but when running it, it continues to infinity. How do I change that?

    Here is the problem:

    The distance a vehicle travels can be calculated as follows:
    Distance = Speed * Time
    For example, if a train travels 40 miles-per-hour for three hours, the distance traveled is 120 miles. Write a program that asks for the speed of a vehicle (in mph) and the number of hours it has traveled. It should use a loop to display the distance a vehicle has traveled for each hour of a time period specified by the user. For example, if a vehicle is traveling at 40 mph for a three-hour time period, it should display a report similar to the one that follows:

    Hour Distance Traveled
    --------------------------------------------
    1 40
    2 80
    3 120

    Input Validation: Do not accept a negative number for speed and do not accept any value less than 1 for time traveled.

    Here is my code:
     import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class DistanceTraveled
    {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
          Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
          int vehicleSpeed = 0, hoursTraveled = 0, hours = 1;
     
          System.out.print("Enter the vehicle speed: ");
          vehicleSpeed = keyboard.nextInt();
     
          while (vehicleSpeed < 0)
          {
             System.out.print("Enter the vehicle speed: ");
             vehicleSpeed = keyboard.nextInt();
          }
     
          System.out.print("Enter the amount of hours traveled: ");
          hoursTraveled = keyboard.nextInt();
     
          while (hoursTraveled < 1)
          {
             System.out.print("Enter the amount of hours taveled (MPH): ");
             hoursTraveled = keyboard.nextInt();
          }
     
          System.out.println("Hours" + "           Distance Traveled");
          System.out.println("--------------------------------------");
     
          while (hours >= 1)
          {
             System.out.println("  " + hours + "              " + hours * vehicleSpeed + "MPH");
             hours++;
             hoursTraveled--;
          }
       }
    }


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    Default Re: Distance Traveled problem help

    while(hours >= 1)
    ...
    hours++

    Look at that bit of code and think about it some more.

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