Rename Equations to 14a and 14b but keep ordering

Question

I have Equations 11, 12, 13 and so on. I want the next equations to be 14a and 14b, but the one after should again be 15, i.e., keep the ordering. I know how to tag equations, but then the equation after 14b would become 14 again. Here's a ME:

 \documentclass{revtex4-1}

    \usepackage{amsmath}

    \begin{document}
    \begin{widetext}% I need this widetext thing. 
    \begin{subequations}
    \begin{equation}
      1 = 1 
    \end{equation}  
\end{widetext}  
The above equation should have (14a) as a label. Now come the next equation which should have label 14b. And the one following that should have label (15). 
\begin{widetext}    
\begin{equation}
                  \sin x = 1 
    \end{equation}
    \end{subequations}
    \end{widetext}
Now next equations should have a label (15). 
    \end{document}

Hi. Have you seen subequations environment from the package amsmath? I think it can help you with what you need. — yo', Jun 04 '15 at 20:13
Yes but the equations are far apart i.e. a lot of text in between them. — Physics_maths, Jun 04 '15 at 20:14
That shouldn't matter. Would you please provide a minimal example showing your situation? — yo', Jun 04 '15 at 20:16
@LoveLearning Just begin subequations before the paragraph containing equation 14a and end it after the paragraph containing equation 14b. — egreg, Jun 04 '15 at 20:16
Related/duplicate: How to reference equations using letters and numbers — Werner, Jun 04 '15 at 20:22

Physics_maths · Answer 1 · 2015-06-04T20:50:46.640

Just reordering the position of the place where \begin{subequations} and \end{subequations} appear as the below example solves the problem:

 \documentclass{revtex4-1}
    \usepackage{amsmath}

    \begin{document}
    \begin{subequations}        
        \begin{widetext}% I need this widetext thing. 
            \begin{equation}
              1 = 1 
            \end{equation}  
        \end{widetext}  
    The above equation should have (14a) as a label. Now come the next equation
 which should have label 14b. And the one following that should have label (15). 
        \begin{widetext}    
            \begin{equation}
                 \sin x = 1 
            \end{equation}
        \end{widetext}
    \end{subequations} 
    Now next equation **will** have a label (15). :D  
    \end{document}

Rename Equations to 14a and 14b but keep ordering

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