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Assignment

For these problems we will use objects to create a race between several creatures. To get full credit, show your codes, and the results after you run your codes.

1 Question

First, write a Python class called RaceTrack. This class will have an init function that will create a new parameter called racers. Thus parameter will be a list to store our racers. Show the class itself, with this function.

2 Question

Now write a new function for the RaceTrack class called add racer. This function will take one additional parameter, racer. This parameter will be a racer we will add for our race. To do so, inside this function, add this racer to the racers list. Show the whole class with this new function.

3 Question

Now we'll create our racers for our race. For this, create a new class, Racer. This object will have an init function that will take two additional parameters: name, and speed. These will be the name of our racers, and the speed at which they will run. Inside this function, we will set two parameters, name and speed, that will be the two parameters, respectively. Show this class, with this function.

4 Question

Now create a Tortoise class, which is a subclass of Racer from before. This Tortoise will have one function, run. This function will take one extra parameter, distance. Inside this function, we will calculate the time for our Tortoise to run the distance. Have it return the distance divided by the object's speed. Show this class, with this function.

5 Question

Create another class, called Hare. This one will again be a subclass of the Racer object. We will define a run function as before, but this one will calculate a random speed between 0 and this object's speed, which is its max speed. Use this random speed to divide the distance and return the result. Show this class, with this function.

6 Question

Now we'll finally let our racers run. To do so, we need a run race function in the RaceTrack class from earlier, which will take one extra parameter: distance. This function will loop through all the racers we added with the add racer function, and let them run the distance we specify with the parameter. To do so, for each racer we have, we will call each racer's run function, with the distance we will supply with the run race function. Each racer will return the time it took for them to run that distance, which we append, along with their name, as a tuple in a list. Once all the racers have run, sort the list, and return the name of the winner. Show this function.

7 Question

Let's run a race! Create a new Tortoise object, with the name Yertle, with speed 5. Create a new Hare object named Thumper with speed 10. Add these two racers to a new RaceTrack, and run a race with a distance of 1000 using seed 73485. Who wins? Show your code and your winner.

8 Question

Run another race, with the same distance as the previous question, this time with seed 34892. Who wins this time?

9 Question

Let's add another type of racer. Create a new subclass of Racer called Duck. This class will have an init function that will take three extra parameters: name, minspeed, and maxspeed. In this function store these variables for the class. It will also have a run function, which this time will calculate a random speed between the minspeed and maxspeed parameters from before. Use this speed to divide the distance
that is provided to the run function. Show this class, along with its functions.

10 Question

Let's run a third race! Using your RaceTrack object from before, with our two racers, add a new Duck racer named Eggbert. This object will have a minspeed of 3, and maxspeed of 7. Run a race to 1000 again using seed 483. Who wins this time? Show your code and your winner.