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Hi,

That worked perfectly, thanks!

Added \qquad:s for some extra spacing, and now it's precisely the way I wanted it.

Thanks a lot.
--Rolf

Hi rsmeds,

welcome to the forum!
Try the alignat environment:
\begin{subequations}
\begin{alignat}{2}
&\text{First:} && x=1/|y| \\
&\text{Second:}\quad ...

Hi,

I'm trying to layout an equation in the following way:

First: x = 1/|y| (3.5a)
Second: x = y (3.5b)
Third: x = y^2+|x| (3.5c)

i.e. Two columns, both left-aligned , and sub-equation numbers to the right, the first column being text.

I've tried doing it like this (using amsmath):

\begin ...