Math & Science ⇒ Equation and Text in the same Line

[jcgonzales]

Hello,

I'm new in this and I need some help. What I want to do is to put an equation first and a text in the same line. I don't get to put them together in the same line and I want to get all (the equation and the text) to the right side, not centered.

I don't get to any solution from anywhere. This is my example:

K_t: Capital that family brings into period t

I tried with this.

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\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{equation}
\[ k_{t} \] \text{: Capital that family brings into period t}
\end{equation}

Another question: what about if I want first the text and then the equation? Putting them at the right side (not centered)
It doesn't work like this so I really need help!

Thanks a lot in advance!

[tom]

Hi!

You are mixing two display math environments, {equation} and {displaymath} (see below). To suppress the equation number, use the starred versions of amsmath environments equation* and align*.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
  \begin{equation} % single-line equation
    k_{t} \text{: Capital that family brings into period t}
  \end{equation}

  \[  % same as \begin{displaymath}
    k_{t} \text{: Capital that family brings into period t}
  \]  % \end{displaymath}

  \begin{align} % multi-line equation
    k_{t} &\\
    \text{Capital that family brings into period t}&
  \end{align}
\end{document}

[jcgonzales]

Thanks a lot! and what about getting the line (equation and text) to the left side (not centered)? how could I get it?

thanks in advance!

[Johannes_B]

If you want to do that you should do so in the whole document to avoid inconsistencies. Try giving the optional argument fleqn to the documentclass:

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\documentclass[fleqn]{article}