This document provides instructions for 3 lab exercises in a control structures course. Lab 1 has students write a program to calculate BMI based on weight and height and classify the results. Lab 2 creates a menu program to calculate areas of geometric shapes like circles, rectangles, and triangles based on user input dimensions. Lab 3 evaluates a stepwise function based on time intervals from a given figure.
This document provides instructions for 3 lab exercises in a control structures course. Lab 1 has students write a program to calculate BMI based on weight and height and classify the results. Lab 2 creates a menu program to calculate areas of geometric shapes like circles, rectangles, and triangles based on user input dimensions. Lab 3 evaluates a stepwise function based on time intervals from a given figure.
This document provides instructions for 3 lab exercises in a control structures course. Lab 1 has students write a program to calculate BMI based on weight and height and classify the results. Lab 2 creates a menu program to calculate areas of geometric shapes like circles, rectangles, and triangles based on user input dimensions. Lab 3 evaluates a stepwise function based on time intervals from a given figure.
This document provides instructions for 3 lab exercises in a control structures course. Lab 1 has students write a program to calculate BMI based on weight and height and classify the results. Lab 2 creates a menu program to calculate areas of geometric shapes like circles, rectangles, and triangles based on user input dimensions. Lab 3 evaluates a stepwise function based on time intervals from a given figure.
1 Objectives • To understand basic problem-solving techinques. • To be able to develop algorithms through the process of top-down stepwise refinment.
• To be able to use the if and if/else structures to choose among alternative actions. • To be able use the increment, decrement, assignment and logical operators.
2 Lab Exercise 1 - Body Mass Index
Write a program that calculates and displays a person’s body mass index (BMI). The BMI is often used to determine whether a person with a sedentary lifestyle is overweight or underweight for his or her height. A person’s BMI is calculated with the following formula:
BMI = weight × 703 / height2
where weight is measured in pounds and height is measured in inches. The program should display a message indicating whether the person has optimal weight, is underweight, or is overweight. A sedentary person’ s weight is considered to be optimal if his or her BMI is between 18.5 and 25. If the BMI is less than 18.5, the person is considered to be underweight. If the BMI value is greater than 25, the person is considered to be overweight.
3 Lab Exercise 2 - Geometry Calculator
Write a program that displays the following menu: Geometry Calculator 1. Calculate the Area of a Circle 2. Calculate the Area of a Rectangle 3. Calculate the Area of a Triangle 4. Quit Enter your choice (1-4): If the user enters 1, the program should ask for the radius of the circle and then display its area. Use 3.14159 for π. If the user enters 2, the program should ask for the length and width of the rectangle and then display the rectangle’s area. If the user enters 3, the program should ask for the length of the triangle’s base and its height, and then display its area. If the user enters 4, the program should end.
[Optional : Input Validation] Display an error message if the user enters a number outside the range of 1 through 4 when selecting an item from the menu. Do not accept negative values for the circle’s radius, the rectangle’s length or width, or the triangle’s base or height.
1 4 Lab Exercise 3 - Stepwise Function Write a program that calculates and prints the value of a stepwise function f(t) based on the intervals given in the figure bellow. The program shoul ask for the t vallue.
