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C# C# Objects Loops and Final Touches Static Members

Stepas Loiba
Stepas Loiba
11,180 Points
Posted by Stepas Loiba
Stepas Loiba
11,180 Points

Need help with is your math correct in challenge.

Can't find reason why saying is your math correct,can some one have look in my code please ,thank you in advance.would be great help.

RightTriangle.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class RightTriangle
    {
        private static double a;
        private static double b;
        private static double c;

        public static double CalculateHypotenuse(double a , double b)
        {
            c = System.Math.Pow(c,2);
           return c = System.Math.Pow(a,2) + System.Math.Pow(b,2);   
        }
    }
}
Justin Preece
Justin Preece
6,244 Points

I'm not sure what you were tasked to do but just from the initial overview, your method should just do the calculation, it should not set the class variable c. By removing the initialization of c (which is the class variable since the variable is not a parameter), and just returning the actual calculation should clean this method up and give you the proper calculation. If the class variables need to be initialized, then best practice is to use that in a constructor, you should be able to set a & b and use the calculation for c.

        public static double CalculateHypotenuse(double a , double b)
        {
           return System.Math.Sqrt(System.Math.Pow(a,2) + System.Math.Pow(b,2));   
        }

2 Answers

ceriannejackson
ceriannejackson
23,759 Points
ceriannejackson
ceriannejackson
23,759 Points

Hi, you are returning c which is equal to a squared + b squared. This means you are returning the hypotenuse squared. You need to return the square root of c.

Hope that helps :)

Stepas Loiba
Stepas Loiba
11,180 Points
Stepas Loiba
Stepas Loiba
11,180 Points

thank you for help,was very useful.have nice day.:)