# [OS X TeX] Equation alignment in enumerated list

Vincent McGarry vmcgarry at austin.rr.com
Fri Dec 5 00:12:35 CET 2008

Try the following:

\begin{enumerate}
\item
\begin{aligned}[t] Equations go here! \end{aligned}
\item
\begin{aligned}[t] Equations go here! \end{aligned}
\end{enumerate}

Vince McGarry

On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Randy Scott wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create an enumerated list, where the items listed are
> equations. So far so good. I've been using \displaystyle . . . to > get my > equations to line up with the the text that accompanies the equations. > > However, I need to make an entry that has the top line of a series of > equations aligned with the item marker, and then the subsequent lines > aligned at the equal sign with the top equation. For example: > > 1. f(x) = x^2 + 1/x > = x^3/x + 1/x > = (x^3+1)/x > > I've tried a \parbox[t] but that doesn't align the baseline of the > equation > with the item marker. I've tried \begin{align*} but that won't operate > inside a\displaystyle arrangement.
>
> Any ideas that you all could send my way would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy Scott
> Santiago Canyon College
> Orange, CA
>
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