Using the Design Recipe and NetBeans, construct an algorithm, and then write a J

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Using the Design Recipe and NetBeans, construct an algorithm, and then write a Java program based on the algorithm, to solve each of the following problems:(Engineering: finding runway length) Given an airplane's acceleration a and take-off speed v, you can compute the minimum runway length needed for an airplane to take off using the following formula:

Write a program that prompts the user to enter v in meters/second (m/s) and the acceleration a in meters/second squared (m/s2), and displays the minimum runway length.
  

Sample Run (user input in color):

run:
Enter speed in meters/second: 60
Enter acceleration in meters/second squared: 3.5
The minimum runway length for this airplane is 514.3
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 10 seconds)

Explanation / Answer

SpeedCalc.java

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class SpeedCalc {

  
   public static void main(String[] args) {
       Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
       System.out.println("Enter speed in meters/second: ");
       double speed = scan.nextDouble();
       System.out.println("Enter acceleration in meters/second squared: ");
       double acceleration = scan.nextDouble();
       double minRunwayLen = calculateRunwayLength(speed, acceleration);
       DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.0");
       System.out.println("The minimum runway length for this airplane is "+df.format(minRunwayLen));
   }
   public static double calculateRunwayLength(double speed, double acceleration){
       double minRunwayLen = (speed * speed) / (2 * acceleration);
       return minRunwayLen;
   }

}

Output:

Enter speed in meters/second:
60
Enter acceleration in meters/second squared:
3.5
The minimum runway length for this airplane is 514.3

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