Activities/Sliderule: Difference between revisions
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=== Addition === | === Addition === | ||
To add you use the linear slides, L and L. First position the end of the top L slide over one of the addends on the lower L slide. Then position the reticule over the other addend on the upper L slide. Read the result off of the lower L slide. | |||
'''Example:''' 1.1 + 2.2 = 3.3 | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Sliderule-LL1.png|Position the end of the upper L slide over 1.1 on the lower L slide. | |||
File:Sliderule-LL2.png|Position the reticule over 2.3 on the upper L slide and read the results (3.3) from the lower L slide. | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Subtraction === | === Subtraction === | ||