Requirement
You are to get 3 sides of a triangle and validate if the triangle is valid, if it is valid your program needs to find out if the triangle is equilateral, isoceles or scalene.
Algorithm
prompt "Enter 3 integers"; get side1, side2, side3; //triangle validation function if !(side1 + side2 > side3): set test_result = 1 else if !(side2 + side3 > side1): set test_result=1 else if!(side1 + side3 > side2): else set test_result = 0; endif endif endif endif if (test_result=0) display "Invalid triangle" //equilateral (all sides equal) else if (side1 == side2 && side2 == side3): display "Equilateral triangle"; else //isosceles (at least 2 sides are equal) if (side1 == side2 || side1 == side3 || side2 == side3): display "Isosceles triangle"; //scalene (anything else) else display "Scalene triangle" endif endif endif endif
The program in c. You can use the onlinegdb.com to validate the result
#include #include bool Triangle_Validation(float,float,float); bool Triangle_Validation(float side1,float side2, float side3){ bool triangle; if (!(side1+side2 > side3)){ triangle = 0; } else if (!(side2+side3 > side1)){ triangle = 0; } else if (!(side1+side3 > side2)){ triangle = 0; } else { triangle = 1; } return triangle; } int main() { float side1,side2,side3; bool test_result; printf("Enter the values of 3 sides of a triangle:"); scanf("%f%f%f",&side1,&side2,&side3); test_result = Triangle_Validation(side1,side2,side3); if (test_result == 0){ printf("Invalid triangle"); } else if (side1==side2 && side2==side3 && side1==side3){ printf("Equilateral Triangle"); //all sides equal } else if (side1==side2 || side2==side3 || side1==side3){ printf("Isoceles Triangle"); //at least two sides equal } else { printf("Scalene Triangle"); //use 5 4 3 to test, pythogarean type of triangle } return 0; }
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