Math & Science ⇒ Equation Alignment with Enumerated Items

[SwaGGeReR]

Pictured in the attachment is an example of the issue I am encountering. I would like the equations to align with the items. For example:

(a) P(C U S) = ....
(b) P(A U B) = ...

instead of:

(a)

................P(C U S) = ...

Here's a snippet of the code:

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\item[14.]
\begin{enumerate}
\item
\begin{align*}
P(C \cap S) &= P(C) + P(S) - P(C \cup S) \\
&= .55 + .45 - .70 \\
&= .30 \\
&= 30\%
\end{align*}

[localghost]

[…] Here's a snippet of the code: […]

A proper minimal example would have been better.

Since you are already using the amsmath package, you can just switch from the align* environment (displayed math mode) to the aligned environment (in-line math mode) to get the desired output. The enumitem package helps to customize the lists.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathtools}   % loads »amsmath«
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}
  \begin{enumerate}[start=14]
    \item
      \begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
        \item
          \(
            \begin{aligned}[t]
              P(C \cap S) &= P(C) + P(S) - P(C \cup S) \\
                          &= .55 + .45 - .70 \\
                          &= .30 \\
                          &= 30\%
            \end{aligned}
          \)
        \item
          \(
            \begin{aligned}[t]
              P((C \cup S)') &= 1-P(C \cup S) \\
                             &=1-.70 \\
                             &=.30 \\
                             &=30\%
            \end{aligned}
          \)
      \end{enumerate}
  \end{enumerate}
\end{document}

For details please refer to the package manuals.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten