Lesson 8 – Prime and composite numbers – MinPerimeterRectangle demo task solution code written in php. Gives 100/100 score at the time of publishing.
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Solution in php:
function solution($N) { $minPer = null; for($i = 1; $i * $i <= $N; $i++){ if($N % $i == 0){ if(is_null($minPer)){ $minPer = 2 * ($N / $i + $i); continue; } $minPer = min($minPer, 2 * ($N / $i + $i)); } } return $minPer; }
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