RAT 6.1

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RAT 6.1

• Take out a piece of paper, write your name,
  team, todays date and RAT 6.1.
• You are going to have to write a function file on
  paper. In the interest of time, you do not have
  to include any comments. For your homework,
  however, comments are REQUIRED!

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RAT 6.1 (Continued)

• In 2-minutes, Individually, write a function file
  to compute the area of a square given the
  dimension of a side. You will receive BONUS
  points if the function also outputs the
  perimeter. Test your algorithm using hand
  calculations for a square with side dimension of
  4.
• Within 30-seconds submit your papers to your GANT
  or Peer Teacher.

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RAT 6.1 Solution

• function area_square, perimeter square(side)
• function area_square, perimeter
  square(side)
• This function computes the area and perimeter
  of a square.
• INPUTS
• side The length of one side of the square
  (units)
• OUTPUTS
• area_square The area of the square (square
  units)
• perimeter The perimeter of the square
  (units)
• This is the solution to RAT 6.1
• S. Socolofsky
• ENGR 111A 501-503
• October 2004