Math & Science ⇒ Aligning equations to the left

[anthony_91]

I want to align equations to the left. So for example, \begin{align} aligns the equations in the centre. How do you align them to the left?

[torbjorn t.]

By adding fleqn as an option for the documentclass.

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

\begin{document}
\begin{align}
  E &= mc^2
\end{align}
\end{document}

[anthony_91]

Yes but it does it for all the equations. I just want to do it for some of them.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

you could use flalign, note the & at the end of the line:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{flalign}
  E &= mc^2 &
\end{flalign}
\end{document}

Stefan