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mooooomba

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Aug-23-04, 08:04 PM (EST)

"maths layout structure"

just wondering whats the correct method to layout ur work
for example, if i write

LHS = x + 3
> x + 2 <=== line a
= x + 1 + 1 <=== line b

will that be right?

because for line a, i wrote the inequality sign
but i wrote " = " for line b because it refers to the line directly above, and not refering to LHS

does conventions require u to write the sign > for line b or write = to signify it refers to line a

thanks in advance

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alexb
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Aug-25-04, 03:55 PM (EST)

1. "RE: maths layout structure"
In response to message #0

You made it right. A symbol like "=" or ">" applies only to the two expressions between which it is located. So that, e.g.,

A = B > C > D = E

means that

In the above, some conclusions may be made. For example, that

A > E,

but this may not be the case. One may write

A > B < C

which would imply nothing about the relative values of A and C.

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