Pythagorean Theorem

The Pythagorean theorem is a formula that is used to solve the different sides of a right angle triangle. Here is an example of such a triangle:

If you know the value of two of the sides you can solve for the third using one of the following equations

c = a 2 + b 2

a = c 2 b 2

b = c 2 a 2

Your task is to create a function that will solve for any side given two known sides.

Specifics:

Your function should take three parameters: a double for the first side, a double for the second side, and a character to indicate the side to solve for. Your function should return a double value which holds the solved side.

For example:

double a = 4.0, b = 2.0, c;

c = pythag(a, b, 'c');

Notice the last parameter is a character which indicates the side to solve for. Suppose you want to solve for side a:

double a, b = 4.0, c = 2.0;

a = pythag(b, c, 'a');

Required:

You must use the sqrt and pow functions to solve for the given side.

What not to do

Using any of the following will drop your grade for this assignment by 70%

global variables

cin in pythag function

cout in pythag function

goto statements

Your program should look like the following: