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wanna write this eaquation in latex



this my latex code for the equation



begin{equation} nonumber
q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970 textbf{-} number of women had their second birth in 1970}}
end {equation}


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  • Welcome to TeX.SE! Well, I do not think that MS Word uses LaTeX, they use a subset of comands named as the commands in LaTeX. So it depends on the commands they defined. Please just check which commands are allowed, look for parbox or tabùlar` and try to use them ... In my opinion your question is off topic here (ask on a side specialised to MS Word please)

    – Kurt
    3 hours ago








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    @Kurt, I think the question is on topic and the OP asks "how to write formula OF word in latex" but made some language mistake...

    – koleygr
    3 hours ago


















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wanna write this eaquation in latex



this my latex code for the equation



begin{equation} nonumber
q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970 textbf{-} number of women had their second birth in 1970}}
end {equation}


help me to write denominator as given in pic.










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  • Welcome to TeX.SE! Well, I do not think that MS Word uses LaTeX, they use a subset of comands named as the commands in LaTeX. So it depends on the commands they defined. Please just check which commands are allowed, look for parbox or tabùlar` and try to use them ... In my opinion your question is off topic here (ask on a side specialised to MS Word please)

    – Kurt
    3 hours ago








  • 3





    @Kurt, I think the question is on topic and the OP asks "how to write formula OF word in latex" but made some language mistake...

    – koleygr
    3 hours ago
















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wanna write this eaquation in latex



this my latex code for the equation



begin{equation} nonumber
q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970 textbf{-} number of women had their second birth in 1970}}
end {equation}


help me to write denominator as given in pic.










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wanna write this eaquation in latex



this my latex code for the equation



begin{equation} nonumber
q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970 textbf{-} number of women had their second birth in 1970}}
end {equation}


help me to write denominator as given in pic.







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  • Welcome to TeX.SE! Well, I do not think that MS Word uses LaTeX, they use a subset of comands named as the commands in LaTeX. So it depends on the commands they defined. Please just check which commands are allowed, look for parbox or tabùlar` and try to use them ... In my opinion your question is off topic here (ask on a side specialised to MS Word please)

    – Kurt
    3 hours ago








  • 3





    @Kurt, I think the question is on topic and the OP asks "how to write formula OF word in latex" but made some language mistake...

    – koleygr
    3 hours ago





















  • Welcome to TeX.SE! Well, I do not think that MS Word uses LaTeX, they use a subset of comands named as the commands in LaTeX. So it depends on the commands they defined. Please just check which commands are allowed, look for parbox or tabùlar` and try to use them ... In my opinion your question is off topic here (ask on a side specialised to MS Word please)

    – Kurt
    3 hours ago








  • 3





    @Kurt, I think the question is on topic and the OP asks "how to write formula OF word in latex" but made some language mistake...

    – koleygr
    3 hours ago



















Welcome to TeX.SE! Well, I do not think that MS Word uses LaTeX, they use a subset of comands named as the commands in LaTeX. So it depends on the commands they defined. Please just check which commands are allowed, look for parbox or tabùlar` and try to use them ... In my opinion your question is off topic here (ask on a side specialised to MS Word please)

– Kurt
3 hours ago







Welcome to TeX.SE! Well, I do not think that MS Word uses LaTeX, they use a subset of comands named as the commands in LaTeX. So it depends on the commands they defined. Please just check which commands are allowed, look for parbox or tabùlar` and try to use them ... In my opinion your question is off topic here (ask on a side specialised to MS Word please)

– Kurt
3 hours ago






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@Kurt, I think the question is on topic and the OP asks "how to write formula OF word in latex" but made some language mistake...

– koleygr
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@Kurt, I think the question is on topic and the OP asks "how to write formula OF word in latex" but made some language mistake...

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A simple way is to use array for the denominator



begin{equation} nonumber
q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{
begin{array}{c}
text{number of women who had}\
text{their first birth in 1970}
end{array}
-
begin{array}{c}
text{number of women who had}\
text{their second birth in 1970}
end{array}
}
end{equation}





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An approach with parbox



documentclass{article}
usepackage{amsmath}
begin{document}


begin{equation} nonumber
q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{parbox{4.5cm}{centering number of women who had their first birth in 1970}} - text{parbox{4cm}{centering number of women had their second birth in 1970}}}
end {equation}

end{document}


Of course the lengths could be different to fit your sizes...






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    Just to throw in an alternative layman's view



    documentclass{standalone}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}huge
    $q^*_1 = text{number of women who had their (} frac {2^{nd}text{ birth in 1971}} {1^{st}text{ birth in 1970}~-~ 2^{nd}text{ birth in 1970}}$)
    end{document}







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      Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

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      1 hour ago






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      @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

      – KJO
      1 hour ago






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      My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

      – koleygr
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    I'd define a suitable notation, avoiding long verbal descriptions. I also added the verbose version, but adding parentheses for clarity.



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}

    begin{document}

    Let's denote by $W(n,y)$ the number of women who had their $n$th~birth
    in the year~$y$. Then
    begin{equation*}
    q^*_1 = frac{W(2,1971)}{W(1,1970)-W(2,1970)}
    end{equation*}
    We can also typeset this with words, but it comes out quite awful
    unless we add parentheses
    begin{equation*}
    q^*_1 =
    frac{
    text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}
    }{
    Bigl(
    begin{tabular}{c}
    number of women who had \
    their first birth in 1970
    end{tabular}
    Bigr)
    -
    Bigl(
    begin{tabular}{c}
    number of women who had \
    their second birth in 1970
    end{tabular}
    Bigr)
    }
    end{equation*}

    end{document}


    enter image description here



    Using equation* avoids the need for nonumber.






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      Here is a competety different approach using variables instead of the text:



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{amsmath}

      begin{document}
      begin{align*}
      q^*_1 &=frac{A}{B-C} \
      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
      end{align*}
      end{document}


      enter image description here



      For a horizontally centered equation one could use something like the following:



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{amsmath}

      begin{document}

      begin{equation}
      q^*_1 =frac{A}{B-C} nonumber
      end{equation}
      begin{align*}
      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
      end{align*}
      end{document}


      enter image description here






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        I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

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        @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

        – leandriis
        3 hours ago











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      A simple way is to use array for the denominator



      begin{equation} nonumber
      q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their first birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      -
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their second birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      }
      end{equation}





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      A simple way is to use array for the denominator



      begin{equation} nonumber
      q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their first birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      -
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their second birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      }
      end{equation}





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      A simple way is to use array for the denominator



      begin{equation} nonumber
      q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their first birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      -
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their second birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      }
      end{equation}





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      A simple way is to use array for the denominator



      begin{equation} nonumber
      q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their first birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      -
      begin{array}{c}
      text{number of women who had}\
      text{their second birth in 1970}
      end{array}
      }
      end{equation}






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      thank you so much

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      thank you so much

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      @statistician, there is a green check-mark-style button next to the question. And while seems that you tested/prefer/like this answer... you should click this button to accept the answer and to not leave your question be shown as a question that didn't found a good enough answer.

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      An approach with parbox



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{amsmath}
      begin{document}


      begin{equation} nonumber
      q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{parbox{4.5cm}{centering number of women who had their first birth in 1970}} - text{parbox{4cm}{centering number of women had their second birth in 1970}}}
      end {equation}

      end{document}


      Of course the lengths could be different to fit your sizes...






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        An approach with parbox



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{amsmath}
        begin{document}


        begin{equation} nonumber
        q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{parbox{4.5cm}{centering number of women who had their first birth in 1970}} - text{parbox{4cm}{centering number of women had their second birth in 1970}}}
        end {equation}

        end{document}


        Of course the lengths could be different to fit your sizes...






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          An approach with parbox



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{amsmath}
          begin{document}


          begin{equation} nonumber
          q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{parbox{4.5cm}{centering number of women who had their first birth in 1970}} - text{parbox{4cm}{centering number of women had their second birth in 1970}}}
          end {equation}

          end{document}


          Of course the lengths could be different to fit your sizes...






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          An approach with parbox



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{amsmath}
          begin{document}


          begin{equation} nonumber
          q^*_1 =frac{text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{text{parbox{4.5cm}{centering number of women who had their first birth in 1970}} - text{parbox{4cm}{centering number of women had their second birth in 1970}}}
          end {equation}

          end{document}


          Of course the lengths could be different to fit your sizes...







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              Just to throw in an alternative layman's view



              documentclass{standalone}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}huge
              $q^*_1 = text{number of women who had their (} frac {2^{nd}text{ birth in 1971}} {1^{st}text{ birth in 1970}~-~ 2^{nd}text{ birth in 1970}}$)
              end{document}







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                Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago






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                @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

                – KJO
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago


















              3














              Just to throw in an alternative layman's view



              documentclass{standalone}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}huge
              $q^*_1 = text{number of women who had their (} frac {2^{nd}text{ birth in 1971}} {1^{st}text{ birth in 1970}~-~ 2^{nd}text{ birth in 1970}}$)
              end{document}







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                Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

                – KJO
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago
















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              3







              Just to throw in an alternative layman's view



              documentclass{standalone}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}huge
              $q^*_1 = text{number of women who had their (} frac {2^{nd}text{ birth in 1971}} {1^{st}text{ birth in 1970}~-~ 2^{nd}text{ birth in 1970}}$)
              end{document}







              share|improve this answer













              Just to throw in an alternative layman's view



              documentclass{standalone}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}huge
              $q^*_1 = text{number of women who had their (} frac {2^{nd}text{ birth in 1971}} {1^{st}text{ birth in 1970}~-~ 2^{nd}text{ birth in 1970}}$)
              end{document}








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                Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

                – KJO
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago
















              • 1





                Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

                – KJO
                1 hour ago






              • 1





                My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

                – koleygr
                1 hour ago










              1




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              Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

              – koleygr
              1 hour ago





              Mathematically the abstraction of 1st birth -2nd berth of a woman are minus the years lived before give a birth! (+1 mostly for the imagination part of your solution)

              – koleygr
              1 hour ago




              1




              1





              @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

              – KJO
              1 hour ago





              @koleygr I'm no mathmagician (only a very very poor TeXnician hence the Layman's tag line

              – KJO
              1 hour ago




              1




              1





              My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

              – koleygr
              1 hour ago







              My comment is just humor since means that a woman's second birth is when she is giving a birth (and these is a sentence with the female psychology of my male nature)... I never heard layman's low before... but thanks for noticing (learned something new). Goodnight and happy TeXing!

              – koleygr
              1 hour ago













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              I'd define a suitable notation, avoiding long verbal descriptions. I also added the verbose version, but adding parentheses for clarity.



              documentclass{article}
              usepackage{amsmath}

              begin{document}

              Let's denote by $W(n,y)$ the number of women who had their $n$th~birth
              in the year~$y$. Then
              begin{equation*}
              q^*_1 = frac{W(2,1971)}{W(1,1970)-W(2,1970)}
              end{equation*}
              We can also typeset this with words, but it comes out quite awful
              unless we add parentheses
              begin{equation*}
              q^*_1 =
              frac{
              text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}
              }{
              Bigl(
              begin{tabular}{c}
              number of women who had \
              their first birth in 1970
              end{tabular}
              Bigr)
              -
              Bigl(
              begin{tabular}{c}
              number of women who had \
              their second birth in 1970
              end{tabular}
              Bigr)
              }
              end{equation*}

              end{document}


              enter image description here



              Using equation* avoids the need for nonumber.






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                I'd define a suitable notation, avoiding long verbal descriptions. I also added the verbose version, but adding parentheses for clarity.



                documentclass{article}
                usepackage{amsmath}

                begin{document}

                Let's denote by $W(n,y)$ the number of women who had their $n$th~birth
                in the year~$y$. Then
                begin{equation*}
                q^*_1 = frac{W(2,1971)}{W(1,1970)-W(2,1970)}
                end{equation*}
                We can also typeset this with words, but it comes out quite awful
                unless we add parentheses
                begin{equation*}
                q^*_1 =
                frac{
                text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}
                }{
                Bigl(
                begin{tabular}{c}
                number of women who had \
                their first birth in 1970
                end{tabular}
                Bigr)
                -
                Bigl(
                begin{tabular}{c}
                number of women who had \
                their second birth in 1970
                end{tabular}
                Bigr)
                }
                end{equation*}

                end{document}


                enter image description here



                Using equation* avoids the need for nonumber.






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                  I'd define a suitable notation, avoiding long verbal descriptions. I also added the verbose version, but adding parentheses for clarity.



                  documentclass{article}
                  usepackage{amsmath}

                  begin{document}

                  Let's denote by $W(n,y)$ the number of women who had their $n$th~birth
                  in the year~$y$. Then
                  begin{equation*}
                  q^*_1 = frac{W(2,1971)}{W(1,1970)-W(2,1970)}
                  end{equation*}
                  We can also typeset this with words, but it comes out quite awful
                  unless we add parentheses
                  begin{equation*}
                  q^*_1 =
                  frac{
                  text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}
                  }{
                  Bigl(
                  begin{tabular}{c}
                  number of women who had \
                  their first birth in 1970
                  end{tabular}
                  Bigr)
                  -
                  Bigl(
                  begin{tabular}{c}
                  number of women who had \
                  their second birth in 1970
                  end{tabular}
                  Bigr)
                  }
                  end{equation*}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here



                  Using equation* avoids the need for nonumber.






                  share|improve this answer













                  I'd define a suitable notation, avoiding long verbal descriptions. I also added the verbose version, but adding parentheses for clarity.



                  documentclass{article}
                  usepackage{amsmath}

                  begin{document}

                  Let's denote by $W(n,y)$ the number of women who had their $n$th~birth
                  in the year~$y$. Then
                  begin{equation*}
                  q^*_1 = frac{W(2,1971)}{W(1,1970)-W(2,1970)}
                  end{equation*}
                  We can also typeset this with words, but it comes out quite awful
                  unless we add parentheses
                  begin{equation*}
                  q^*_1 =
                  frac{
                  text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}
                  }{
                  Bigl(
                  begin{tabular}{c}
                  number of women who had \
                  their first birth in 1970
                  end{tabular}
                  Bigr)
                  -
                  Bigl(
                  begin{tabular}{c}
                  number of women who had \
                  their second birth in 1970
                  end{tabular}
                  Bigr)
                  }
                  end{equation*}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here



                  Using equation* avoids the need for nonumber.







                  share|improve this answer












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                  answered 1 hour ago









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                      Here is a competety different approach using variables instead of the text:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}
                      begin{align*}
                      q^*_1 &=frac{A}{B-C} \
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here



                      For a horizontally centered equation one could use something like the following:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}

                      begin{equation}
                      q^*_1 =frac{A}{B-C} nonumber
                      end{equation}
                      begin{align*}
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here






                      share|improve this answer





















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                        I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

                        – koleygr
                        3 hours ago








                      • 1





                        @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

                        – leandriis
                        3 hours ago
















                      2














                      Here is a competety different approach using variables instead of the text:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}
                      begin{align*}
                      q^*_1 &=frac{A}{B-C} \
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here



                      For a horizontally centered equation one could use something like the following:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}

                      begin{equation}
                      q^*_1 =frac{A}{B-C} nonumber
                      end{equation}
                      begin{align*}
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here






                      share|improve this answer





















                      • 1





                        I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

                        – koleygr
                        3 hours ago








                      • 1





                        @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

                        – leandriis
                        3 hours ago














                      2












                      2








                      2







                      Here is a competety different approach using variables instead of the text:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}
                      begin{align*}
                      q^*_1 &=frac{A}{B-C} \
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here



                      For a horizontally centered equation one could use something like the following:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}

                      begin{equation}
                      q^*_1 =frac{A}{B-C} nonumber
                      end{equation}
                      begin{align*}
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here






                      share|improve this answer















                      Here is a competety different approach using variables instead of the text:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}
                      begin{align*}
                      q^*_1 &=frac{A}{B-C} \
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here



                      For a horizontally centered equation one could use something like the following:



                      documentclass{article}
                      usepackage{amsmath}

                      begin{document}

                      begin{equation}
                      q^*_1 =frac{A}{B-C} nonumber
                      end{equation}
                      begin{align*}
                      text{where}~A &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971} \
                      B &= text{number of women who had their first birth in 1970} \
                      C &= text{number of women who had their second birth in 1970} \
                      end{align*}
                      end{document}


                      enter image description here







                      share|improve this answer














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                      edited 3 hours ago

























                      answered 4 hours ago









                      leandriisleandriis

                      10.1k1531




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                      • 1





                        I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

                        – koleygr
                        3 hours ago








                      • 1





                        @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

                        – leandriis
                        3 hours ago














                      • 1





                        I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

                        – koleygr
                        3 hours ago








                      • 1





                        @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

                        – leandriis
                        3 hours ago








                      1




                      1





                      I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

                      – koleygr
                      3 hours ago







                      I think you should declare the variables outside the align environment... or add this possibility as separate code in case the the equation should be centered or numbered etc. (+1) -for the answers before and after mine- and (-1) -if I could- to the down-voter who didn't even left a comment to a newcomer that at least provided some code

                      – koleygr
                      3 hours ago






                      1




                      1





                      @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

                      – leandriis
                      3 hours ago





                      @koleygr: Thanks for your suggestion. I have added another suggestion on how to achieve a horizontally centered equation.

                      – leandriis
                      3 hours ago










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