General ⇒ vspace

[daviddoria]

I want to insert some space between these two lines, so I tried this:

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$\phi(1.4)$ (cumulative probability) $=.5 + .4192$\\
\vspace{10mm}
$\phi(-.5) = .5 - .1915 = .3085$\\

Then I read that sometimes the space is removed if it is near the end of the page, so I saw to add the *, like this:

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$\phi(1.4)$ (cumulative probability) $=.5 + .4192$\\
\vspace*{10mm}
$\phi(-.5) = .5 - .1915 = .3085$\\

But there is still no space?? Any other pointers?

Thanks,
Dave

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Dave,

instead of breaking the line by \\ insert a paragraph break by an empty line:

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$\phi(1.4)$ (cumulative probability) $=.5 + .4192$

\vspace{10mm}
$\phi(-.5) = .5 - .1915 = .3085$

Stefan