Round #553
09 May 2026, 23:12· csharp· Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct· r13-clean-hints
- Complexity
- band 0
- ZP / UO / OBS
- 3 / 0 / 1
- Journey weight
- 200
- Lightshift ΔL
- —
Prompt
What is the perimeter of a triangle with sides 5, 7, and 10?
Zero-point index (what the engine surfaced)
ZPI-ZPI-0012 | 2026-05-09T23:12:17Z
What is the perimeter of a triangle with sides 5, 7, and 10?
ZERO POINT — 3 entries (structural invariants)
● hsl(7.18, 100%, 50%) class [feature]
● hsl(0.00, 100%, 50%) public [feature]
● hsl(84.10, 100%, 50%) namespace [feature]
UNOBSERVED — 0 entries (implied truths)
OBSERVED — 1 entries (explicit in request)
◉ hsl(98.46, 100%, 50%) with [feature]
COMPLEXITY │ 4 entries │ spread: 0° │ band: LOW
Baseline response (no ZPI)
**Calculating the Perimeter of a Triangle**
To calculate the perimeter of a triangle, you need to add up the lengths of all three sides.
### Formula
Perimeter = side1 + side2 + side3
### Code
```csharp
using System;
public class TrianglePerimeter
{
public static int CalculatePerimeter(int side1, int side2, int side3)
{
return side1 + side2 + side3;
}
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
int side1 = 5;
int side2 = 7;
int side3 = 10;
int perimeter = CalculatePerimeter(side1, side2, side3);
Console.WriteLine("The perimeter of the triangle is: " + perimeter);
}
}
```
### Explanation
1. Define a method `CalculatePerimeter` that takes three integers as parameters (side1, side2, side3).
2. Inside the method, add up the three sides and return the result.
3. In the `Main` method, define the lengths of the three sides.
4. Call the `CalculatePerimeter` method with the side lengths and store the result in the `perimeter` variable.
5. Print the perimeter to the console.
### Result
When you run this code, it will output:
```
The perimeter of the triangle is: 22
```
Therefore, the perimeter of the triangle with sides 5, 7, and 10 is **22**.
Enhanced response (with ZPI)
```csharp
using System;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine(CalculatePerimeter(5, 7, 10));
}
public static double CalculatePerimeter(double a, double b, double c)
{
// Check if the sides can form a triangle
if (a + b <= c || a + c <= b || b + c <= a)
{
throw new ArgumentException("The sides cannot form a triangle");
}
// Calculate the perimeter
double perimeter = a + b + c;
return perimeter;
}
}
```
Grader chain
Each grader reads the same baseline + enhanced pair and casts an independent verdict. Disagreement is the framework's own signal — not noise to be averaged away.
V1samba/Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
BetterV4qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct
BetterV5cerebras/qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507
BetterV7qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct
BetterV8openai/gpt-4.1
BetterV9anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
BetterV12openai/gpt-4o
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