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Why if ad*ac-bd*bc==0 it's impossible? In some place it is really impossible, but not for test:

Posted by Fly [Yaroslavl_SU] 11 Oct 2005 13:20

Why if ad*ac-bd*bc==0 it's impossible? In some place it is really impossible, but not for test:
1 2 2 1
I can select any length from interval (1,3) and it should be right answer!

Re: Why if ad*ac-bd*bc==0 it's impossible? In some place it is really impossible, but not for test:

Posted by Zerolog1c [LNU] 1 Dec 2005 00:11

Cause we cant calculate cos(angle) = (c^2 + d^2 - a^2 - b^2)/(2cd-2ab)

This is a cos(angle) beetween AD and AC (or BD and BC).

We'll have a division by thero..

Re: Why if ad*ac-bd*bc==0 it's impossible? In some place it is really impossible, but not for test:

Posted by asd 3 Feb 2006 23:01

But if
0 0 0 0
we can say that distanse = 0!!!

Problem statement says: positive integers (-)

Posted by Michael Rybak (accepted@ukr.net) 10 Feb 2006 16:49

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