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Program to find the shortest distance between diagonal and edge skew of a Cube

Given an integer A, denoting the length of a cube, the task is to find the shortest distance between the diagonal of a cube and an edge skew to it i.e. KL in the below figure.

Examples :

Input: A = 2
Output: 1.4142
Explanation:
Length of KL = A / ?2
Length of KL = 2 / 1.41 = 1.4142

Input: A = 3
Output: 2.1213

Approach: The idea to solve the problem is based on the following mathematical formula:

Let’s draw a perpendicular from K to down face of cube as Q.
Using Pythagorean Theorem in triangle QKL,

KL2 = QK2 + QL2

l2 = (a/2)2 + (a/2)2 

l2 = 2 * (a/2)2

l = a / sqrt(2)

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

<?php
// PHP program for the above approach
   
// Function to find the shortest
// distance between the diagonal of a
// cube and an edge skew to it
function diagonalLength($a)
{
    // Stores the required distance
    $L = $a / sqrt(2);
 
    # Print the required distance
    echo $L;
}
 
// Given side of the cube
$a = 2;
 
// Function call to find the shortest
// distance between the diagonal of a
// cube and an edge skew to it
diagonalLength($a);
 
?>

Javascript

<script>
// javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function to find the shortest distance
// between the diagonal of a cube and
// an edge skew to it
function diagonalLength( a)
{
 
    // Stores the required distance
    let L = a / Math.sqrt(2);
 
    // Print the required distance
     document.write( L.toFixed(5));
}
 
// Driver Code
 
    // Given side of the cube
    let a = 2;
 
    // Function call to find the shortest
    // distance between the diagonal of a
    // cube and an edge skew to it
    diagonalLength(a);
 
// This code is contributed by todaysgaurav
 
</script>

Output: 

1.41421

 

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)


 


Reffered: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org

Geometric

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