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Posted: **Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:28 pm**

Hi,

I went through the faq which suggests the following way to achieve what I want:

""3(x+4)-2(x-1)=3 x+12-(2 x-2) newline
""phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)}=3 x+12-2 x+2 newline
""phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)}=x+14
""phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)}={a} over {abc}

However, if I use fractions then both numerators and denominators get left aligned, and that doesn't look good (the last line in the above example). Any idea how to centre them?

When using the matrix approach I have a similar problem.

Posted: **Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:03 pm**

Could it be the newline missing in the line above the last one?

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""3(x+4)-2(x-1)=3 x+12-(2 x-2) newline
""phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)}=3 x+12-2 x+2 newline
""phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)}=x+14 newline
""phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)}={a} over {abc}

Thanks to add '[Solved]' at beginning of your first post title (edit button) if your issue has been fixed.

Posted: **Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:04 pm**

You can also use the alignment functions to apply different alignments to localized parts of a formula:


         3(x+4)-2(x-1)  = 3 x+12-(2 x-2)   newline
phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)} = 3 x+12-2 x+2     newline
phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)} = x+14             newline
phantom {3(x+4)-2(x-1)} = {alignc {a} over {abc}}

Posted: **Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:14 pm**

I tried alignc before but must have put braces after the alignc word... This way it works perfectly fine.

Thank you for your help!

Posted: **Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:56 pm**

Right. I find that confusing as well. I don't understand why some functions, like phantom, must appear just before the thing they apply to, while others, like alignc, must appear just after the braces they apply to.

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