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C# C# Objects Loops and Final Touches Static Members

Posted by Brad Price
Brad Price
18,570 Points

can someone get me started on this? I am completely lost

not sure how to start

RightTriangle.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class RightTriangle
    {

    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

It might help to break the task down and do it in steps:

  • you'll generally start a method with public
  • the method name is CalculateHypotenuse
  • it is a static method
  • it returns a double
  • it takes two parameters
  • both parameters are double
  • the Pythagorean theorem is: hypotenuse = SquareRoot( side1 ^ 2 + side2 ^ 2 )
  • the actual name of the C# "square root" function is System.Math.Sqrt

I'll bet you can get it from here.

Chanuka Weerasinghe
Chanuka Weerasinghe
2,337 Points
Chanuka Weerasinghe
Chanuka Weerasinghe
2,337 Points

Good answer.

I must say to the OP that its always a good practice to use the command line Mono to try your ways before entering the solution to treehouse work sheet.