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#Project Euler/Python/Problem9.py
#Matthew Ellison
# Created: 01-29-19
#Modified: 03-28-19
#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) 2019 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
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"""
from Stopwatch import Stopwatch
import math
def Problem9():
#Setup the variables
foundTriplet = False
sideA = 1
#Start with the lowest possible a , 1, and search for the b and c to complete the triplet
while((sideA <= (1000 / 3)) and (not foundTriplet)):
#Setup b and c
sideB = sideA + 1 #b must be > a to be a triplet
sideC = math.hypot(sideA, sideB) #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((sideA + sideB + sideC) < 1000):
sideB += 1
sideC = math.hypot(sideA, sideB)
#If c is an integer make it one
if((sideC % 1) == 0):
sideC = int(round(sideC))
#Check if the correct sides were found
if((sideA + sideB + sideC) == 1000):
foundTriplet = True
#Otherwise increment a to the next possible number
else:
sideA += 1
#Print the results
if(foundTriplet):
print("The Pythagorean triplet where a + b + c = 1000 is " + str(sideA) + " " + str(sideB) + " " + str(int(sideC)))
print("The product of those numbers is " + str(int(sideA * sideB * sideC)))
else:
print("Could not find the triplet where a + b + c = 1000")
#If you are running this file, automatically start the correct function
if __name__ == "__main__":
timer = Stopwatch() #Determines the algorithm's run time
timer.start() #Start the timer
Problem9() #Call the function that answers the question
timer.stop() #Start the timer
#Print the results of the timer
print("It took " + timer.getString() + " to run this algorithm")
"""Results:
The Pythagorean triplet where a + b + c = 1000 is 200 375 425
The product of those numbers is 31875000
It took 22.106 milliseconds to run this algorithm
"""