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HackerEarth Approximate Paper Planes problem solution

YASH PAL, 31 July 2024
In this HackerEarth  Approximate Paper Planes problem solution, Two paper planes are thrown upwards simultaneously. You are provided with the following data:
  1. The flight time of both planes is denoted by t (seconds).
  2. The initial coordinates of the first plane are denoted by (bx, by, bz).
  3. The initial velocity of the first plane is denoted by (bux, buy, buz).
  4. The initial coordinates of the second plane are denoted by (mx, my, mz).
  5. The initial velocity of the second plane is denoted by (mux, muy, muz).
Write a program to find the minimum distance between the two planes during their flight. Let the jury answer be A and let your answer be B. Your answer will be considered correct if |A – B| <= 10^-6)
HackerEarth <Approximate>Paper Planes problem solution

HackerEarth Approximate Paper Planes problem solution.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.math.*;

class Main
{
static double sq(double a) {
return a*a;
}

static double dist(double [] p1, double []v1, double []p2, double []v2, double t) {
double ret = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
double u = p1[i] + t*v1[i];
double v = p2[i] + t*v2[i];
ret += sq(u-v);
}
return ret;
}

public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception
{
initShinChanNohara();

int t = getInt();
double masao_pts[] = new double[3];
double masao_vel[] = new double[3];
double bo_pts[] = new double[3];
double bo_vel[] = new double[3];

for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
masao_pts[i] = getDouble();
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
masao_vel[i] = getDouble();
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
bo_pts[i] = getDouble();
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
bo_vel[i] = getDouble();
/*
debug("t", t);
debug("masao_pts", masao_pts );
debug("masao_vel", masao_vel );
debug("bo_pts", bo_pts );
debug("bo_vel", bo_vel );
*/

double l = 0, r = t;
for(int lp = 0; lp < 1000; lp++) {
double t1 = l + (r-l)/3;
double t2 = l + 2*(r-l)/3;

double d1 = dist(masao_pts, masao_vel, bo_pts, bo_vel, t1);
double d2 = dist(masao_pts, masao_vel, bo_pts, bo_vel, t2);

if(d2 < d1)
l = l + (r-l)/3;
else if(d2 > d1)
r = l + 2*(r-l)/3;
else {
l = l + (r-l)/3;
r = l + 2*(r-l)/3;
}
}
// debug("l", l, ", r", r);

double d = dist(masao_pts, masao_vel, bo_pts, bo_vel, l);
/*
debug("l = " + l, "r = " + r, "d = " + d);
debug("masao ponts: " + (masao_pts[0]+masao_vel[0]*l), masao_pts[1]+masao_vel[1]*l, masao_pts[2]+masao_vel[2]*l);
debug("bo points: " + (bo_pts[0]+bo_vel[0]*l), bo_pts[1]+bo_vel[1]*l, bo_pts[2]+bo_vel[2]*l);
*/
double ans = Math.sqrt(d);
System.out.printf("%.6fn", ans);
}

//================================================================
static BufferedReader br;
static StringTokenizer strTok;

static void initShinChanNohara() {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
strTok = null;
}

static void initShinChanNohara(String file) {
try {
br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
strTok = null;
}
catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
writeln(e);
}
}

static String getLine() {
try {
String st = br.readLine();
return st;
}
catch(IOException e) {
return null;
}

}

static String getToken() {
while(strTok == null || strTok.hasMoreTokens() == false) {
String st = getLine();
if(st == null)
return null;
strTok = new StringTokenizer(st);
}
return strTok.nextToken();
}

static int getInt() {
return Integer.parseInt(getToken());
}
static double getDouble() {
return Double.parseDouble(getToken());
}
static long getLong() {
return Long.parseLong(getToken());
}

static void write(Object ... ob) {
for(int i = 0; i < ob.length; i++) {
if(i > 0)
System.out.print(" ");
System.out.print(ob[i]);
}
}
static void writeln(Object ... ob) {
write(ob);
System.out.println();
}
static void debug(Object ... ob) {
System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString(ob));
}
}
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