Why is my table rendering in a nonsensical place?

Asked Aug 28 '15 at 00:57

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I'm using TexWorks and am trying to use the following table:

\begin{table}[]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\( a+b=b+a \) & \( a \cdot b = b \cdot a \)   \\
a & a  \\
a & a 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

The table renders in the beginning of the text for unknown reasons. See:

Perhaps it's a consequence of the header of my code? It is as follows:

\documentclass[11pt,twoside,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper, portrait, margin=0.5in]{geometry}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{cancel}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}

I didn't forget the \begin{document} and \end{document}. I just ommited it.

asked Aug 28 '15 at 00:57

Red Banana

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Use \begin{table}[htb] – Aug 28 '15 at 01:03
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or \begin{table}[h] – JPi Aug 28 '15 at 01:04
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For the full explanation see How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?. For the solution, do what @HarishKumar said. See also Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned. – Alan Munn Aug 28 '15 at 01:10
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When you add a title, this shouldn't happen. At least, not with standard classes and settings. Presumably you'll have a title in the end, so it shouldn't be a problem. – cfr Aug 28 '15 at 01:12
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If you don't want or need a caption for that one, use \begin{center}\begin{tabular}....\end{tabular}\end{center} instead. – Torbjørn T. Aug 28 '15 at 06:22

Why is my table rendering in a nonsensical place?

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