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bpetersen
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Vertical Spacing between equations

Post by bpetersen »

I am using AMSmath package. When I have code like:

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\begin{align*}
y = & \frac{1}{x}\\
x = & 2z\\
z = & 10
\end{align*}
It gives the y equation a little bit more vertical space then the x and z equation. How do I get all of the equations to have the same amount of vertical space?

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paul
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Vertical Spacing between equations

Post by paul »

bpetersen wrote:I am using AMSmath package. When I have code like:

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\begin{align*}
y = & \frac{1}{x}\\
x = & 2z\\
z = & 10
\end{align*}
It gives the y equation a little bit more vertical space then the x and z equation. How do I get all of the equations to have the same amount of vertical space?
Either smash the height of the "\frac" (in which case it may overlap the other lines) or add something like "\vphantom{\frac{1}{x}}" to the other lines, to force the height.

You should also put the "&" before the "=", BTW.
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