Question

Write a C console application that will be used to determine if rectangular packages can fit inside one of a set of spheres. Your program will prompt the user for the three dimensions that define a rectangular box; the length, the width, and the height. The interior diameter of a sphere is used to identify its size. Spheres are available in the following five sizes: 4- inch, 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch. Your program will execute repeatedly until the user enters a value of zero for one or more of the rectangular box dimensions. After obtaining the dimensions of the rectangular box, your program will call a function named getSphereSize that determines if the box will fit inside one of the five spheres. The formula for calculating the diagonal of a rectangular box is:

Answer 1

Answer:

#include <cmath>

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int getSphereSize(double length, double breadth, double height) {

   double diagonal = sqrt(length * length + breadth * breadth + height * height);

   if (diagonal <= 4)

       return 4;

   if (diagonal <= 6)

       return 6;

   if (diagonal <= 8)

       return 8;

   if (diagonal <= 10)

       return 10;

   if (diagonal <= 12)

       return 12;

   return 0;

}

int main() {

   double length, breadth, height;

   int sphereCounts[5] = {0};

   int sphereSize;

   while (true) {

       // Get dimensions of the box

       cout << "Enter the dimensions of the box:\n";

       cout << "Length: ";

       cin >> length;

       cout << "Breadth: ";

       cin >> breadth;

       cout << "Height: ";

       cin >> height;

       if (length <= 0 || breadth <= 0 || height <= 0)

           break;

       sphereSize = getSphereSize(length, breadth, height);

       if (sphereSize == 0)

           cout << "The box cannot fit in any of the spheres";

       else

           cout << "The box can fit in the " << sphereSize << "-inch sphere";

       // Increment the counter

       if (sphereSize == 4)

           sphereCounts[0]++;

       else if (sphereSize == 6)

           sphereCounts[1]++;

       else if (sphereSize == 8)

           sphereCounts[2]++;

       else if (sphereSize == 10)

           sphereCounts[3]++;

       else if (sphereSize == 12)

           sphereCounts[4]++;

       cout << "\n\n";

   }

   cout << "\nNumber of 4-inch spheres: " << sphereCounts[0];

   cout << "\nNumber of 6-inch spheres: " << sphereCounts[1];

   cout << "\nNumber of 8-inch spheres: " << sphereCounts[2];

   cout << "\nNumber of 10-inch spheres: " << sphereCounts[3];

   cout << "\nNumber of 12-inch spheres: " << sphereCounts[4];

   cout << endl;

   return 0;

}

Explanation:

The "cmath" library is included in the c++ program. The getSphereSize function is used to return the sphere size the rectangle dimension can fit into. It program continuously prompts the user for the length, breadth, and height of the rectangle and passes the values to the getSphereSize function in the while but breaks if any or all of the variable value is zero.

The sizes of the sphere objects in inches are collected in an array of five integer values of zeros and are incremented by one for every match with a rectangle.