How to align the first line in "align*" to the "item" counter

Question

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[more]{tasks}
\NewTasks[
counter-format={tsk[1])},%%1,a,A,r,R
label-format=\bfseries,
label-width=1.5em,
label-align=left,    %% or right as you wish
label-offset=0.5em,
item-indent=2em,
after-item-skip=0pt,
after-skip=-0.5\baselineskip,
before-skip=0.5\baselineskip,
resume=false         %% comment this for not to resume
]{problems}[\item](4)%% (4)here makes all of them in 4columns


\begin{document}

\begin{problems}(4)
\item
    \begin{align*}
        3x+y &= 7 \\
        2x+y &= 6
    \end{align*}
\item $
    \begin{cases}
        3x+y &= 7 \\
        2x+y &= 6
    \end{cases}
    $
\item $
    \begin{matrix}
        3x+y &= 7 \\
        2x+y &= 6
    \end{matrix}
    $
\end{problems}
\end{document}

How do I change this, so that $3x+y=7$ is vertically aligned with 1)?

That is, I'd like to have the first line of the simultaneous equation to be lifted.

Thank.

instead of using align*, which is by definition a display structure, use $ \begin{aligned} ... \end{aligned} $ which is meant to be used as a component, similar to the cases and matrix. — barbara beeton, May 31 '16 at 20:45
As previous commenters have said; see Vertical alignment of align* in enumerate for an example. — Torbjørn T., May 31 '16 at 20:53

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '16 at 20:56

2

\item
    $ \begin{aligned}[t]
        2x+y &= 21 \\
         x-y &= 6
    \end{aligned} $
\item
    $ \begin{aligned}[t]
        5x+y &= 28 \\
         x-y &= 2
    \end{aligned} $

Solved this!

Simple as that!

answered May 31 '16 at 20:56

Chen Stats Yu

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How to align the first line in "align*" to the "item" counter

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