sicp-ex-2.12

There are a few ways to do this problem, e.g.:

1. totally redefine the internal structure of an interval, such that you cons the center and the percent
2. just define the constructor in terms of the width and percent, and add center and percent selectors

  
 ;; ex 2.12 
  
 (define (make-interval a b) (cons a b)) 
 (define (upper-bound interval) (max (car interval) (cdr interval))) 
 (define (lower-bound interval) (min (car interval) (cdr interval))) 
 (define (center i) (/ (+ (upper-bound i) (lower-bound i)) 2)) 
  
 ;; Percent is between 0 and 100.0 
 (define (make-interval-center-percent c pct) 
   (let ((width (* c (/ pct 100.0)))) 
     (make-interval (- c width) (+ c width)))) 
  
 (define (percent-tolerance i) 
   (let ((center (/ (+ (upper-bound i) (lower-bound i)) 2.0)) 
         (width (/ (- (upper-bound i) (lower-bound i)) 2.0))) 
     (* (/ width center) 100))) 
  
  
 ;; A quick check: 
  
 (define i (make-interval-center-percent 10 50)) 
 (lower-bound i) 
 (upper-bound i) 
 (center i) 
 (percent-tolerance i) 
  
  
 ; The above returns 
 ;Value: i 
 ;Value: 5. 
 ;Value: 15. 
 ;Value: 10. 
 ;Value: 50.