Re: Rectangle subtraction

Reading your reply I am asking myself the
question:
What was the core intention of your
original and this posting?
to post a riddle,
to ask a question you expect an answer for or
to share your current thoughts here without
expecting an answer?
Any hints?

Claudio

"Perry van Kuppeveld" <www@xxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:42a83d04$0$16569$e4fe514c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> No, i have to determine the size of the glass rectangles.
>
> I think i know how i can do this: Start with one square, and look if a
piece
> of wood devides the rectangle. If so, split the rectangle and try each
piece
> of wood again. If there's no split, alle rectangles are determinded.
>
> Perry
>
>
>
> "Claudio Grondi" <claudio.grondi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3gqrepFdqu50U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > What are you looking for?
> > The dimensions or the area?
> >
> > If your door dimensions are W, H
> > and the dimensions of the wood pieces
> > are w1, h1 ; w2, h2 ; etc.
> > you get the total area of the array of
> > rectangles of glass as follows:
> > A = W*H - w1*h1 - w2*h2 - ...etc.
> > The area of the single rectangle
> > will be A / n, where n is the number
> > of all rectangles (assuming they are
> > all the same).
> >
> > The program will work as follows:
> > 1a. input door height: (H = input)
> > 1b. input door width (W = input)
> > 2. A = H*W
> > 3a. set number of wood pieces n to zero
> > n = 0
> > 3b. begin loop
> > input number of same wood pieces (m = input)
> > or zero to exit
> > if m == 0 exit loop
> > else
> > n = n +1
> > input wood piece width (w = input)
> > input wood piece height (h = input)
> > end if/else
> > A = A - m*w*h
> > end loop
> > 4. print 'area of single glass rectangle is : ', A / n
> >
> > Is it what you are asking for?
> >
> > Claudio
> >
> > "Perry van Kuppeveld" <www@xxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:42a83236$0$6809$e4fe514c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Ik need to write a program to determine the rectangluar spaces in a
door.
> >> The door is built of rectangular pieces of wood.
> >>
> >> To solve this i thought the following:
> >> I have one rectangle (width / height of the door) and subtract all
pieces
> > of
> >> wood, there's a array of rectangles left, which are the needed
> >> rectangles.
> >>
> >> I have a poor math knowledge, so any help would be fine.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Perry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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