Grid within Manipulate
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- Subject: [mg94734] Grid within Manipulate
- From: "actuary at mchsi.com" <actuary at mchsi.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:16:07 -0500 (EST)
To: All I'm new to using Manipulate. I'm developing a notebook that unfolds (controlled via Manipulate) a solid figure into a plane figure. This is working fine. I'm now trying to place two objects on the surface of the solid and find the distance between the objects using the Pythagorean Theorem. I can place and control the position of the two objects that I place on the surface of the solid via Manipulate but I don't know how to include a Grid in the output that shows the distance of the two legs of the right triangle that is formed by the placement of the two points and the length of the hypotenuse. I'm developing the note to assist high school age students to visualsize certain problems that utilize the Pythagorean Theorem. Thanks Larry