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  105. <h1>GravityCalculator.java</h1>
  106. <p>Written in <span title="Programming 1">CS 1102</span> of <a href="http://www.uopeople.edu/">University of the People</a>, finalised on 2017-04-12</p>
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  108. <h2>Source code:</h2>
  109. <blockquote>
  110. <pre><code>/*
  111. * Copyright (C) 2017 Alex Yst
  112. *
  113. * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  114. * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  115. * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  116. * (at your option) any later version.
  117. *
  118. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  119. * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  120. * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  121. * GNU General Public License for more details.
  122. *
  123. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  124. * along with this program. If not, see &lt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&gt;.
  125. */
  126. package gravitycalculator;
  127. import java.io.*;
  128. /**
  129. *
  130. * @author Alex Yst
  131. */
  132. public class GravityCalculator {
  133. public static void main(String[] arguments) {
  134. double gravity =-9.81; // Earth&apos;s gravity in m/s^2
  135. double initialVelocity = 0.0; // starting velocity of the object
  136. double fallingTime = 10.0; // time in seconds that the object falls
  137. double initialPosition = 1000.0; // Starting position in meters, the calculation will determine the ending position in meters
  138. /*
  139. In this equasion, we multiply by fallingTime twice. Why? Because we need to
  140. square it. Java lacks an operator for exponentiation, and calling a function to
  141. do it seems like overkill.
  142. ...
  143. For the record though, if we wanted to use the function to do this, Math.pow()
  144. would be a good candidate.
  145. */
  146. double finalPosition = 0.5*gravity*fallingTime*fallingTime+initialVelocity*fallingTime+initialPosition;
  147. System.out.println(&quot;The object&apos;s position after &quot; + fallingTime +&quot; seconds is &quot;+finalPosition + &quot; m.&quot;);
  148. }
  149. }</code></pre>
  150. </blockquote>
  151. <h2>Output:</h2>
  152. <blockquote>
  153. <pre>run:
  154. The object&apos;s position after 10.0 seconds is 509.49999999999994 m.
  155. BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)</pre>
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