[plt-scheme] DrScheme Can't Insert Negative Fractions?

I think "-17 7/9"   means -17 + 7/9  and not -(17 + 7/9) ,  to get the
right answer
make whole part and numerator negative .



On 8/31/08, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:
> This message was originally posted here:
> http://groups.google.com/group/study-htdp/browse_thread/thread/4be081a64769dcfb
> by my friend Kartik.
> I cross-posted it on his behalf so that he might have an answer in the
> morning (his time). BTW, we haven't discussed check-result and
> check-within, yet.
> ;;
> While attempting to solve fahrenheit to celsius problem I was trying
> to add a simple test which tests the following condition
>
> (= (fahrenheit-to-celsius 0) -17 7/9)
>
> DrScheme allows adding fractions via Menu->Special->Insert Fraction.
> However, when I try inserting a fraction for -17 7/9 it gets converted
> to -16 2/9.
>
> Is this a bug?  17 7/9 by itself gets added properly but not its
> equivalent negative value.
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