/**
 * This program performs some mathematical computations and displays the
 * results.  It also displays the value of the constant Math.PI.  It then 
 * reports the number of seconds that the computer spent on this task.
 */

public class TimedComputation {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        long startTime; // Starting time of program, in milliseconds.
        long endTime;   // Time when computations are done, in milliseconds.
        double time;    // Time difference, in seconds.

        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

        double width, height, hypotenuse;  // sides of a triangle
        width = 42.0;
        height = 17.0;
        hypotenuse = Math.sqrt( width*width + height*height );
        System.out.print("A triangle with sides 42 and 17 has hypotenuse ");
        System.out.println(hypotenuse);

        System.out.println("\nMathematically, sin(x)*sin(x) + "
                + "cos(x)*cos(x) - 1 should be 0.");
        System.out.println("Let's check this for x = 1:");
        System.out.print("      sin(1)*sin(1) + cos(1)*cos(1) - 1 is ");
        System.out.println( Math.sin(1)*Math.sin(1) 
                + Math.cos(1)*Math.cos(1) - 1 );
        System.out.println("(There can be round-off errors when" 
                + " computing with real numbers!)");

        System.out.print("\nHere is a random number:  ");
        System.out.println( Math.random() );

        System.out.print("\nThe value of Math.PI is ");
        System.out.println( Math.PI );

        endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        time = (endTime - startTime) / 1000.0;

        System.out.print("\nRun time in seconds was:  ");
        System.out.println(time);

    } // end main()

} // end class TimedComputation

