#C241. Point Inside Triangle
Point Inside Triangle
Point Inside Triangle
Given eight floating-point numbers representing the coordinates of a point and the vertices of a triangle, determine whether the point lies within the triangle. The point is considered inside if it lies on the edges or vertices as well.
You are given:
- (px, py): the point to test
- (ax, ay), (bx, by), (cx, cy): the vertices of the triangle
Input: A single line with eight space-separated numbers: px, py, ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy.
Output: Print True
if the point is inside or on the boundary of the triangle, otherwise print False
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The problem can be solved using the barycentric coordinate method. In mathematical terms, if we define a function \( \text{sign}(x_1, y_1, x_2, y_2, x_3, y_3) = (x_1 - x_3)(y_2 - y_3) - (x_2 - x_3)(y_1 - y_3) \), then the point \( (px,py) \) is inside the triangle if:
[ \text{not} \Big( (d_1 < 0 \text{ and } d_2 > 0) \text{ or } (d_2 < 0 \text{ and } d_3 > 0) \text{ or } (d_3 < 0 \text{ and } d_1 > 0) \Big) ]
where \( d_1, d_2, d_3 \) are the results of applying the sign function to the three edges formed by the triangle's vertices.
inputFormat
A single line containing eight space-separated floating-point numbers: px, py, ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy.
outputFormat
A single line containing either 'True' or 'False' (without quotes), indicating whether the point lies inside (or on the boundary of) the triangle.## sample
0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5
True