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Machinery's Handbook > Interactive Math
Below are a few examples of interactive math taken from Machinery's Handbook CD and from Guide to Machinery's Handbook.
The Guide is included on the Handbook CD, however, activating the Guide requires a separate purchase. As of last counting, the current collection includes more than 500 interactive math solutions.
These examples are intended to be generally representative of the style of solutions available using the Machinery's Handbook CD.
How to get started with Interactive Math
The interactive mathematics in Machinery's Handbook uses your web browser to display and interact with equations. A
free LiveMathTM web browser
plug-in is required. If it is not already installed, the plug-in should automatically start to load and install
itself the first time you try one of the equations. Just follow the on-
screen instructions. If the plug-in doesn't seem to be loading, or if you
have trouble installing it, you can download it from the LiveMath web site, www.livemath.com.
Plug-in versions for both Internet Explorer and Netscape are available, as well as for non-Windows operating systems.
Try this site to test the operation of your plugin.
After the plug-in has been installed, clicking on one of the links below will open an interactive solution in a new window. Change variable values by clicking on a value with the mouse and typing in a new value. The solution is immediately recalculated with the new variable value.
Locating Interactive Math on Machinery's Handbook CD 
The light bulb icon shown above is used in the page margins of Machinery's Handbook CD to indicates a link to an interactive math solution. Open the interactive equation by clicking on the icon and select "Open in web browser."
The Index of Interactive Equations can be found by clicking on Index in the Handbook's bookmark panel. Equations are arranged by subject, so look through the list to find equations related to a subject of interest. A click on a page number in the index opens the page containing the intteractive math icon. Open the interactive solution by clicking on the icon.
Examples from Machinery's Handbook
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