Major help needed with date problem

Question

hi everyone, I have been working on this problem for so long, my brain is completely fried, really. the part of the project I have listed is just one of larger program that I have all figured out; this is the last part and I am just struggling to come up with a start. I think i need to use a for loop, but not quite sure.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
(2)     Prompt the user for a premium amount (in dollars and cents, but assume the user does not enter the $ sign), a start date and an end date for a policy term, and an effective date for a policy cancellation. Dates should be entered with three separate prompts for year, month, and day, in that order. Month will be a number between 1 and 12, and year will have 4 digits. Assume any pair of dates is possible, between January 1, 1900 and December 31, 2200. You may assume that the user always enters a valid date. You may also assume that the user enters a start date that is before the end date. Assume the cancellation effective date is between the start and end dates. You may also assume that the premium amount the user enters is a valid number.
(5)     Using the start date, end date, premium and a desired refund amount (entered by the user), calculate the cancellation effective date required to produce an amount equal to or slightly larger than the desired refund amount
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Answer 1

(5)     Using the start date, end date, premium and a
desired refund amount (entered by the user),
calculate the cancellation effective date requiredto
produce an amount equal to or slightly larger than
the desired refund amountCan you describe in precise detail--clear enough so
that somebody who had no idea about this problem or
the process could do it--the steps you'd take to do
this without regard to Java?If I understand correctly, you need to find out what percentage of their policy they want to use (the refund they want back tells you what percentage of the premium they want back, so the rest is what they want to use). Then use that percentage to calculate the number of days they would have to use the policy to get that refund (you already know the total days, so total days * percentage = days until refund). Then you just need to find out what day is that many days after the start day. that would be when they would cancel. Hopefully that makes sense. I am still trying to have it make sense for me. I can't figure out how to code this.