I would like two write two different align with two different labels, but I want both of them begin in one direction. How can I fix this code in latex?
\documentclass[12pt,titlepage,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsthm,amsmath,bm, mathtools}
\begin{document}
\begin{align}
\label{x}
x = x + y + c
\end{align}
\begin{align}
\label{y}
a + b + c = z + c + v + b
\end{align}
\end{document}

alignbut you have specified no alignment points? – David Carlisle Mar 18 '14 at 21:37\begin{align} \label{x} &x = x + y + c \\ \label{y} &a + b + c = z + c + v + b \end{align}– Torbjørn T. Mar 18 '14 at 21:48alignotherwise there is nothing to align and you just want\[ \]alignuses&liketabularto mark the cell boundaries youralignare like a 1-row-1-column table, which is legal but pointless as it is simpler not to have a table at all. – David Carlisle Mar 18 '14 at 22:05