// Scott DeRuiter 7/1/2002
// Balloon.java
// A Balloon that rises and falls, to be used by clients
public class Balloon
{
double altitude;
double elapsedtime;
double oldaltitude;
double oldelapsedtime;
public Balloon ( )
{
altitude = 0.0;
elapsedtime = 0.0;
oldaltitude = 0.0;
oldelapsedtime = 0.0;
}
public void ChangeAlt ( double change, double newtime )
{
oldaltitude = altitude;
oldelapsedtime = elapsedtime;
altitude += change;
elapsedtime += newtime;
}
public double Rate ( )
{
return ( ( altitude - oldaltitude ) / ( elapsedtime - oldelapsedtime ) );
}
public double SendTime ( )
{
return elapsedtime;
}
public double SendAlt ( )
{
return altitude;
}
}
// Scott DeRuiter 7/1/2002
// BalloonFlight.java
// Simulates the flight of a balloon using the Balloon class.
// 7/15/2011 - Greenstein: Changed TextReader to Scanner
import java.util.Scanner;
public class BalloonFlight
{
public static void main ( String [] args )
{
double alt, time;
Scanner input = new Scanner ( System.in );
Balloon myballoon = new Balloon ( );
System.out.println ( "Altitude = " + myballoon.SendAlt ( ) );
System.out.println ( "Time = " + myballoon.SendTime ( ) );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the change in altitude -> " );
alt = input.nextDouble ( );
System.out.print ( "\nEnter the change in time -> " );
time = input.nextDouble ( );
myballoon.ChangeAlt ( alt, time );
double rate = myballoon.Rate ( );
System.out.println ( "Altitude = " + myballoon.SendAlt ( ) );
System.out.println ( "Time = " + myballoon.SendTime ( ) );
System.out.println ( "Rate of Ascent = " + myballoon.Rate ( ) );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the change in altitude -> " );
alt = input.nextDouble ( );
System.out.print ( "\nEnter the change in time -> " );
time = input.nextDouble ( );
myballoon.ChangeAlt ( alt, time );
rate = myballoon.Rate ( );
System.out.println ( "Altitude = " + myballoon.SendAlt ( ) );
System.out.println ( "Time = " + myballoon.SendTime ( ) );
System.out.println ( "Rate of Ascent = " + myballoon.Rate ( ) );
}
}
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