#Project Euler/Python/Problem9.py #Matthew Ellison # Created: 01-29-19 #Modified: 07-24-21 #There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000. Find the product abc. #Unless otherwise listed, all of my non-standard imports can be gotten from my pyClasses repository at https://bitbucket.org/Mattrixwv/pyClasses """ Copyright (C) 2021 Matthew Ellison This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see . """ from Problems.Problem import Problem import math class Problem9(Problem): #Functions #Constructor def __init__(self) -> None: super().__init__("There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000. Find the product abc.") self.a = 1 self.b = 0 self.c = 0 self.found = False #Operational functions #Solve the problem def solve(self) -> None: #If the problem has already been solved do nothing and end the function if(self.solved): return #Start the timer self.timer.start() #Start with the lowest possible a , 1, and search for the b and c to complete the triplet while((self.a <= (1000 / 3)) and (not self.found)): #Setup b and c self.b = self.a + 1 #b must be > a to be a triplet self.c = math.hypot(self.a, self.b) #C is the hyp #Loop through possible b's and calculate c's until you find the numbers or the sum gets too large while((self.a + self.b + self.c) < 1000): self.b += 1 self.c = math.hypot(self.a, self.b) #If c is an integer make it one if((self.c % 1) == 0): self.c = int(round(self.c)) #Check if the correct sides were found if((self.a + self.b + self.c) == 1000): self.found = True #Otherwise increment a to the next possible number else: self.a += 1 #Stop the timer self.timer.stop() #Throw a flag to show the problem is solved self.solved = True #Reset the problem so it can be run again def reset(self) -> None: super().reset() self.a = 1 self.b = 0 self.c = 0 self.found = False #Gets #Returns the result of solving the problem def getResult(self) -> str: self.solvedCheck("result") return f"The Pythagorean triplet where a + b + c = 1000 is {self.a} {self.b} {int(self.c)}\n" \ f"The product of those numbers is {int(self.a * self.b * self.c)}" #Returns the length of the first side def getSideA(self) -> int: self.solvedCheck("first side") return self.a #Returns the length of the second side def getSideB(self) -> int: self.solvedCheck("second side") return self.b #Returns the length of the hyp def getSideC(self) -> float: self.solvedCheck("third side") return self.c #Returns the product of the 3 sides def getProduct(self) -> int: self.solvedCheck("product of all three sides") return int(self.a * self.b * self.c) """Results: The Pythagorean triplet where a + b + c = 1000 is 200 375 425 The product of those numbers is 31875000 It took an average of 36.729 milliseconds to run this problem through 100 iterations """