# File: peri1.py
# Compute the perimeter of a triangle; user enters the points defining it
# WARNING: input is not error checked (see peri-c.py for how to do it right)
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# Matt Bishop, ECS 10, Spring 2014
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import math             # load up the math functions

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# compute the distance between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)
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def dist(x1, y1, x2, y2):
    temp = (x1 - x2) ** 2 + (y1 - y2) ** 2
    return math.sqrt(temp)

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# read in the co-ordinates
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iax = float(input("Please enter the x coordinate of the first point: "))
iay = float(input("Please enter the y coordinate of the first point: "))
ibx = float(input("Please enter the x coordinate of the second point: "))
iby = float(input("Please enter the y coordinate of the second point: "))
icx = float(input("Please enter the x coordinate of the third point: "))
icy = float(input("Please enter the y coordinate of the third point: "))

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# compute the corresponding triangle's perimeter
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#d1 = math.sqrt((iax - ibx) ** 2 + (iay - iby) ** 2)
d1 = dist(iax, iay, ibx, iby)
#d2 = math.sqrt((iax - icx) ** 2 + (iay - icy) ** 2)
d2 = dist(iax, iay, icx, icy)
#d3 = math.sqrt((ibx - icx) ** 2 + (iby - icy) ** 2)
d3 = dist(ibx, iby, icx, icy)
temp = d1 + d2 + d3

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# print the corresponding triangle's perimeter
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print("The perimeter is", temp)