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# LaTeX & Maths: Aligned Equations

Hello, how are you? :)

In this post I talk about how to align equations, for example to split a long equation with some tips, let's start!!!

Do you remember that in this post I tell you how to align the equations, but this align was centered, not according to some character, to do this you need the align environment

## align Environment

This environment is used if you want to align your equations or split a huge equation, the structure is

\begin{align}
My Equations
\end{align}


No blank lines are permitted within the environment

• \\ creates a new line
• & create the alignment point

Do not put \\ at the end of the last line

Produces

But, wait!!! What if I want to put two columns in the align environment, well:

The symbol & has multiple purposes

• The first & aligns the first column
• The second & is a space between columns
• The third & aligns the second column

Produces

• Break the formula before a binary relation

This is all for today, thanks for reading

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