I am a complete beginner with java and coding altogether and am trying to make a program that solves two equations based on what a user has inputted into the program. I've tried changing the variable types to long, int, double, but nothing changes. The result is always 0 or 0.0 Any help would be much appreciated.
package pa2;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class GravitationalForce
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Please enter the name of the planet and its weight in quintillion kilograms");
Scanner myScanner = new Scanner (System.in);
String planetName = myScanner.next();
int planetWeight = myScanner.nextInt();
System.out.println("Enter the weight of the person in kilograms");
double personWeight = myScanner.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Please enter the radius of the planet Alderaan in million meters");
double planetRadius = myScanner.nextDouble();
Long gravitationalConstant = (long) (6.673*Math.pow(10,-11));
Double force = gravitationalConstant*(planetWeight*Math.pow(10, 18)*personWeight)/planetRadius*Math.pow(10, 6)*planetRadius*Math.pow(10, 6);
Double gravity = gravitationalConstant*(planetWeight*Math.pow(10, 18)/planetRadius*Math.pow(10, 6)*planetRadius*Math.pow(10, 6));
System.out.println("The gravitational force of planet " + planetName + " on the person is " + force + " Newtons");
System.out.println("The gravity of the planet " + planetName + " is " + gravity + " meters per second squared");
}
}
6.673*Math.pow(10,-11)
is < 1, so if you cast it to long
, it becomes 0
.
change
Long gravitationalConstant = (long) (6.673*Math.pow(10,-11));
to
double gravitationalConstant = 6.673*Math.pow(10,-11);