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Thread: Defining a rational class. Simple but i cant figure it out to save my life

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    Default Defining a rational class. Simple but i cant figure it out to save my life

    Define 3 constructors and a toString method, setters, and getters
    Define arithmetic methods for add, subtract, multiply, divide, and negate. The negate method will return the negative of the calling Rational object – return new Rational (-num,denom);
    Define logical methods for equals, notEquals, lessThan, lessThanOrEqual, greaterThan, and greaterThanOrEqual.

    All negative values should be represented with the negative sign in the numerator – do this in the setDenom method and call it in the constructor.

    Extra Credit: add a greatestCommonDivisor method to reduce a Rational number to its lowest terms. If you write this method, add the reduced values to your output. For example:
    ½ + ¾ = 10/8 reduced to 5/4

    Run three times with the following data: (read in the data then use one of the constructors or the setter methods to fill objects with data)

    Input 1: 1/2, 3/4 - entered as 1 2 3 4

    Input 2: 1/2, 5/10 – entered as 1 2 5 10

    Input 3: 3/-5, 2 – entered as 3 -5 2 1


    Output (using the first set of numbers):

    Rational 1 –>1/2 reduced to _______
    Rational 2 -> 3/4 reduced to_______
    ½ + ¾ ______ reduced to_______
    ½ - ¾ ______ reduced to_______
    ½ * ¾ ______ reduced to_______
    ½ / ¾ ______ reduced to_______
    - ½ ______ reduced to_______
    ½ == ¾ ______ print true or false
    ½ != ¾ ________ print true or false
    ½ > ¾ ______ print true or false
    ½ >= ¾ ______ print true or false
    ½ < ¾ ______ print true or false
    ½ <= ¾ ______ print true or false


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    Default Re: Defining a rational class. Simple but i cant figure it out to save my life

    Dumping homework assignments is unproductive at best. Please see the link in my signature entitled getting help, as well as the following:
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    Default Re: Defining a rational class. Simple but i cant figure it out to save my life

    im not dumping it. i literally have no idea what to do to get started

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    Default Re: Defining a rational class. Simple but i cant figure it out to save my life

    Quote Originally Posted by spetillo3 View Post
    im not dumping it. i literally have no idea what to do to get started
    Did you read the links I provided? Without knowing any context - from whether you know how to make a hello world program to whether you know loops to whether you know object oriented programming - we will have a hard time pointing you in the right direction. Break the problem down, and concentrate on one requirement at a time...ask a specific question about that requirement.

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