[plt-scheme] Critical Question for HTDP ex 11.4.6

Hello,

Regarding ex 11.4.6 in htdp, I'd like to know if the question is worded as 
accurately or clearly as it could be.  It is asking the student to create a 
function called (tabulate-f-up-to-20 n-below-20) with one input variable.

The problem statement says to design the function so that it tabulates 
values from 0 to n.  If it is supposed to tabulate values from 0 to n, then 
why is it being referred to as (tabulate-f-up-to-20)?  It should be named 
(tabulate-f-up-to-n).

>From this explanation in the forum at

http://www.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2006-January/011313.html

it seems that the program should tabulate values that run up from n to 20, 
not from 0 to n as the exercise in the book specifies in the very last 
sentence.

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Exercise 11.4.6.   In exercises 11.2.2, 11.4.4, and 11.4.5, we developed 
functions that tabulate the mathematical function f in various ranges. In 
both cases, the final function produced a list of posns that was ordered in 
descending order. That is, an expression like (tabulate-f 3) yields the list

(cons (make-posn 3 2.4)
  (cons (make-posn 2 3.4)
    (cons (make-posn 1 3.6)
      (cons (make-posn 0 3.0)
        empty))))

If we prefer a list of posns in ascending order, we must look at a different 
data collection, natural numbers up to a certain point in the chain:

A natural number [<= 20] (N[<=20]) is either

20 or

(sub1 n) if n is a natural number [<= 20].


Of course, in high school, we refer to N[<=-1] as the negative integers.

Develop the function

;; tabulate-f-up-to-20 : N [<= 20]  ->  N
(define (tabulate-f-up-to-20 n-below-20) ...)
which tabulates the values of f for natural numbers less than 20. 
Specifically, it consumes a natural number n less than or equal to 20 and 
produces a list of posns, each of which has the shape (make-posn n (f n)) 
for some n between 0 and n (inclusively).
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Could someone please clarify specifically if:
1.  the problem is asking to tabulate values from 0 to n and expecting only 
one variable input form the user
2.  the problem is asking to tabulate values form 0 to n and allowing two 
variable inputs from the user (which is the case with the surrounding 
problems 11.4.5 & 11.4.7)
3.  the problem is asking to tabulate values from n to 20 which
               a)  is what the last explanation in the forum seems to 
indicate
               b)  then is easier to understand why it's asking for only one 
variable input
4.  there is something I am missing or misunderstanding.

Thank you.
Nab

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