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tcadena411
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Lining up answers

Post by tcadena411 »

Okay, so I am new to LaTeX and I haven't been able to get these equations to line up right. Here is my code:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{article}
\title{Domain I}
\date{}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\pdfpagewidth 8.5in
\pdfpageheight 11in
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Competency 001}
\label{sec:Competency 001}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Which of the following is an irrational number?
\subitem (a) 5/8
\subitem (b) \sqrt{2}
\subitem (c) 2.85
\subitem (d) 1/2
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
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Down below is what it looks like after I compile it.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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localghost
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Lining up answers

Post by localghost »

You forgot some input for math mode. Check the log file for error messages. The \subitem command is usually for the theindex environment. To get a proper result you should nest several enumerate environments. The enumitem package simplifies customization of such lists.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{nicefrac}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\author{tcadena411}
\title{Domain I}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Competency 001}\label{sec:competency001}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Which of the following is an irrational number?
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item $\nicefrac{5}{8}$
\item $\sqrt{2}$
\item 2.85
\item $\nicefrac{1}{2}$
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
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Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten
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frabjous
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Lining up answers

Post by frabjous »

That code generates 4 errors for me. The reason is that \sqrt is a math mode command and needs to put in mathmode. Wrapping in $..$ should do the trick:

The following code works just fine for me:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{article}
\title{Domain I}
\author{}
\date{}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\pdfpagewidth 8.5in
\pdfpageheight 11in
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Competency 001}
\label{sec:Competency 001}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Which of the following is an irrational number?
\subitem (a) 5/8
\subitem (b) $\sqrt{2}$
\subitem (c) 2.85
\subitem (d) 1/2
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
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\subitem seems to be working just fine for me, unlike Thorsten.
tcadena411
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Re: Lining up answers

Post by tcadena411 »

Thanks Thorsten and Frabjous. I appreciate the help. I got it working now.
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