General ⇒ Bad box errors

[Mini]

Hello,

I've been playing around with Latex and I am getting 2 bad box errors when I build the document. I've read and researched this, and although it doesn't seem to be that significant I am a perfectionist and would like to ensure no errors.

Could someone please point why I'm getting this error? I hope this isn't too basic.

My code:

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\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\usepackage{polynom}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
This equation \\
\begin{eqnarray*}
 y &=& \frac{2}{x-2} \\
&=& \frac{2}{x-2}
\end{eqnarray*} \\
\polylongdiv{x^2+2x+1}{x-1} \\
\[
\binom{m}{n} \]
\end{document}

and log file is attached.

[gmedina]

Hi,

if you use \\ to increase the vertical spacing between paragraphs, you will get bad boxes (some white space will be forced to stretch beyond its natural limit). Use \medskip or \bigskip instead:

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\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\usepackage{polynom}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

This equation \bigskip
\begin{align*}
  y &= \frac{2}{x-2} \\
  &= \frac{2}{x-2}
\end{align*}
\polylongdiv{x^2+2x+1}{x-1} \bigskip
\[ \binom{m}{n} \]

\end{document}

[Mini]

Umm, I'm using '\\' for a new line, not for increasing vertical space between lines/paragraphs. Did I do something wrong in my code?

EDIT: I think I know what I did wrong. The '\begin{eqnarray}' ; '\polylongdiv' and '\binom' all already start on a new line. So if I insert new lines before or after it'll yield this error?