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Code Challenge 5.1 - Rectangle Class

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Objective

Your task is to design and implement a Rectangle class and write a program that tests the class. This challenge will focus on encapsulating object-oriented programming concepts such as constructors, methods, and fields.

Skills to Practice

• Defining and implementing classes.
• Creating constructors.
• Defining and using methods.
• Working with object-oriented design principles.

Challenge Tasks

1. Create a console project named Challenge 5-1.
2. Draw the UML Diagram: -Draw the UML diagram for the Rectangle class, including fields, constructors, and methods.
3. Class Implementation:
   • Define a class named Rectangle with the following specifications:
     • Two double data fields named width and height with default values of 1. A no-arg constructor that creates a default rectangle.
     • A constructor that creates a rectangle with specified width and height.
     • A method named GetArea()^* that returns the area of the rectangle.
     • A method named GetPerimeter()^* that returns the perimeter of the rectangle.
4. Test Program:
   • Write a test program that creates two Rectangle objects:
     • One with a width of 10 and height of 50.
     • Another with a width of 12.5 and height of 25.8.
     • Display the width, height, area, and perimeter of each rectangle in this order.

^* Use the naming convention matches your programming language/preference.