Source of BugTrouble.java


  1: //BugTrouble.java
  2: 
  3: import java.util.Scanner;
  4: 
  5: /**
  6:  * Program to calculate how long it will take a population of
  7:  * roaches to completely fill a house from floor to ceiling.
  8:  */
  9: public class BugTrouble
 10: {
 11:     public static final double GROWTH_RATE = 0.95;     //95% per week
 12:     public static final double ONE_BUG_VOLUME = 0.002; //cubic feet
 13: 
 14:     public static void main(String[] args)
 15:     {
 16:         System.out.println("Enter the total volume of your house");
 17:         System.out.print("in cubic feet: ");
 18:         Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 19:         double houseVolume = keyboard.nextDouble();
 20: 
 21:         System.out.println("Enter the estimated number of");
 22:         System.out.print("roaches in your house: ");
 23:         int startPopulation = keyboard.nextInt();
 24:         int countWeeks = 0;
 25:         double population = startPopulation;
 26:         double totalBugVolume = population * ONE_BUG_VOLUME;
 27: 
 28:         while (totalBugVolume < houseVolume)
 29:         {
 30:             double newBugs = population * GROWTH_RATE;
 31:             double newBugVolume = newBugs * ONE_BUG_VOLUME;
 32:             population = population + newBugs;
 33:             totalBugVolume = totalBugVolume + newBugVolume;
 34:             countWeeks++;
 35:         }
 36: 
 37:         System.out.println("Starting with a roach population of " +
 38:                            startPopulation);
 39:         System.out.println("and a house with a volume of " + houseVolume +
 40:                            " cubic feet,");
 41:         System.out.println("after " + countWeeks + " weeks,");
 42:         System.out.println("the house will be filled with " +
 43:                             (int)population + " roaches.");
 44:         System.out.println("They will fill a volume of " +
 45:                             (int)totalBugVolume + " cubic feet.");
 46: 
 47:         System.out.println("Better call Debugging Experts Inc.");
 48:     }
 49: }