I have three examples of increasing functions that I have listed using the tasks package. A value in the \settasks{} command is item-indent=2cm. I want the left edge of iii.) to be indented 2em from the left margin, though. I set label-width equal to the width of iii.) and I have label-offset=1em. I think that item-indent should be set equal to the sum of 2em, the value for label-width, and label-offset=1em. Is that right? (I used item-indent=3.5cm just to give some indentation. It is not the indentation that I want.)
\documentclass[10pt]{amsart}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array,booktabs}
\newlength\labelwd
\settowidth\labelwd{ iii.)}
\usepackage{tasks}
\settasks{counter-format =tsk[r].), label-offset=1em, label-align=right, label-width
=\labelwd, item-indent=3.5cm, before-skip =\smallskipamount, after-item-skip=0pt}
\begin{document}
The following functions are sums of two increasing functions on the interval $[0, \, \infty)$ and so are increasing functions on $[0, \, \infty)$.
\begin{tasks}(1)
\task $x^{2} + x$
\task $x^{3} + 2x^{2} + 3x - 7$
\task $x^{2} + \sqrt{x}$
\end{tasks}
\end{document}

item-indent=\labelwd+3em. It seems to give me the same display. Is there a difference? – Adelyn Mar 14 '16 at 02:52\parindent=1em. But the value of\parindentmay depend on the class you load, and using it seems more relevant here (just in case). – Bernard Mar 14 '16 at 23:43