Problem 43560. Calculate the hypotenuse of a right triangle without using ^ and sqrt ()

Solution 1024408

Submitted on 20 Oct 2016 by Jean-Marie Sainthillier

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Test	Status	Code Input and Output
1	Pass	a = 3; b= 4; y_correct = 5; assert(abs(hypotenuse(a,b)-y_correct)<0.0001) ans = 5
2	Pass	a = 2; b = pi * 2; y_correct = sqrt(a^2+b^2) assert(abs(hypotenuse(a,b)-y_correct)<0.0001) y_correct = 6.5938 ans = 6.5938
3	Pass	user_solution = fileread('hypotenuse.m'); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'sqrt'))); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'^')));

Test

Status

Code Input and Output

Pass

a = 3; b= 4; y_correct = 5; assert(abs(hypotenuse(a,b)-y_correct)<0.0001)

ans = 5

Pass

a = 2; b = pi * 2; y_correct = sqrt(a^2+b^2) assert(abs(hypotenuse(a,b)-y_correct)<0.0001)

y_correct = 6.5938 ans = 6.5938

Pass

user_solution = fileread('hypotenuse.m'); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'sqrt'))); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'^')));