#lang racket (define/contract (is-boomerang points) (-> (listof (listof exact-integer?)) boolean?) (match points [(list-no-order a b c) #:when (equal? a b) #false] ; Are any two points the same? [(list (list x _) (list x _) (list x _)) #false] ; Are they on a horizontal line? [(list (list _ y) (list _ y) (list _ y)) #false] ; Are they on a vertical line? [(list-no-order (list x1 _) (list x2 _) (list x3 _)) ; Are two points on a horizontal line, #:when (and (= x1 x2) ; but the third point isn't? (not (= x1 x3))) #true] [(list-no-order (list _ y1) (list _ y2) (list _ y3)) ; Are two points on a vertical line, #:when (and (= y1 y2) ; but the third point isn't? (not (= y1 y3))) #true] [(list (list x1 y1) (list x2 y2) (list x3 y3)) ; If none of the special cases apply, (let ([m (/ (- y2 y1) (- x2 x1))]) ; calculate the slope between two points (not (= y3 (+ y1 (* m (- x3 x1))))))])) ; and see if the line passes through the third (is-boomerang '((1 1) (2 3) (3 2))) (is-boomerang '((1 1) (2 2) (3 3))) (is-boomerang '((0 0) (0 2) (2 1))) (is-boomerang '((0 0) (1 1) (1 1)))