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

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Submitted on 16 Oct 2016 by Peng Liu
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Test Suite

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)

ans = 6.5938
3   Pass
a = randi(10); b = randi(13); y_correct = sqrt(a^2+b^2); assert(abs(hypotenuse(a,b)-y_correct)<0.0001)

ans = 8.9443
4   Pass
user_solution = fileread('hypotenuse.m'); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'^')));
5   Pass
assessFunctionAbsence({'sqrt'}, 'FileName', 'hypotenuse.m');

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