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Given here are n squares which are inclined and touch each other externally at vertices, and are lined up in a row.The distance between the centers of the first and last square is given.The squares have equal side length.The task is to find the side of each square.
Examples:
 

Input :d = 42, n = 4 
Output :The side of each square is 9.899
Input :d = 54, n = 7 
Output :The side of each square is 6.364 
 

 

 

Approach:
There are n squares each having side of length a and the distance between the first and last squares is equal to d. From the figure, it is clear that they are connected by diagonals. Length of each diagonal is equal to a?2
For the first and last square, only half of the diagonal is covered under the length d.For rest of the (n-2) squares, the complete diagonal is covered in d. Hence the relation between a and d is as follows:
 

a/?2 + a/?2 + (n-2)*a?2 = d 
=> a?2 + ?2na – 2a?2 = d 
=> n?2a – a?2 = d 
=> a = d/((n-1)*(?2)) 
Side of the square = distance between centers/((no. of squares-1) * sqrt(2)). 
 

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 

C++




// C++ program to find side of the squares
// inclined and touch each other externally
// at vertices and are lined in a row
// and distance between the
// centers of first and last squares is given
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
void radius(double n, double d)
{
    cout << "The side of each square is "
         << d / ((n - 1) * sqrt(2)) << endl;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    double d = 42, n = 4;
    radius(n, d);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find side of the squares
// inclined and touch each other externally
// at vertices and are lined in a row
// and distance between the
// centers of first and last squares is given
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG
{
 
 
static void radius(double n, double d)
{
    System.out.print( "The side of each square is "+
        d / ((n - 1) * Math.sqrt(2)));
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    double d = 42, n = 4;
    radius(n, d);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67..


Python3




# Python program to find side of the squares
# inclined and touch each other externally
# at vertices and are lined in a row
# and distance between the
# centers of first and last squares is given
 
def radius(n, d):
 
    print("The side of each square is ",
        d / ((n - 1) * (2**(1/2))));
 
# Driver code
d = 42; n = 4;
radius(n, d);
 
# This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji


C#




// C# program to find side of the squares
// inclined and touch each other externally
// at vertices and are lined in a row
// and distance between the
// centers of first and last squares is given
using System;
 
class GFG
{
 
 
static void radius(double n, double d)
{
    Console.WriteLine( "The side of each square is "+
        d / ((n - 1) * Math.Sqrt(2)));
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main ()
{
    double d = 42, n = 4;
    radius(n, d);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67..


Javascript




<script>
 
// javascript program to find side of the squares
// inclined and touch each other externally
// at vertices and are lined in a row
// and distance between the
// centers of first and last squares is given
 
function radius(n , d)
{
    document.write( "The side of each square is "+
        (d / ((n - 1) * Math.sqrt(2))).toFixed(5));
}
 
// Driver code
var d = 42, n = 4;
radius(n, d);
 
 
// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar
 
</script>


Output: 

The side of each square is 9.89949

 

Time Complexity : O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)
 



Last Updated : 31 May, 2022
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