triangle – Six Triangle Types (challenge) – Computer Science by Example

triangle – Six Triangle Types (challenge)

Every triangle can be classified as either scalene, isosceles or equilateral:

equilateral triangles have all edges of the same size;
isosceles triangles have exactly two edges of the same size;
scalene triangles have three edges of different sizes.

(Some authors consider equilateral to be a special case of isosceles. For the purpose of this exercise, we use Euclid’s original definition and consider isosceles triangles those with exactly two edges of the same size.)

triangle types: scalene, isosceles, equilateral, impossible

All triangles can also be classified as right, obtuse and acute:

obtuse triangles have one greater than 90° angle;
right triangles have a 90° angle;
acute triangles have three less than 90° angles.

triangle angle types: obtuse, right, acute

Write a program that given three edge sizes determines:

whether a triangle is scalene, isosceles or equilateral; and
whether a triangle is right, obtuse or acute; or
if the triangle is impossible.

Input and Output

Input consists of a several lines, each with three natural numbers x, y and z where

0 < x, y, z < 10 000

For each line of input, output should contain a line indicating both classifications or impossible.

Example input

Example output

scalene right
isosceles acute
scalene obtuse
equilateral acute
impossible

Scoring

1/5: works for the above example but produces output in an incorrect format
2/5: works for the above example and produces output in the correct format
4/5: works for other test cases
5/5: works for edge cases

Hints

If are having trouble to get a full score in this exercise, try to come up with other test cases besides the ones given on the example inputs. Does your program still produce the expected results on them? What if you change the order in which the sides are given?

try first: triangle1

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