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I am trying to format solutions for an exam paper. enter image description here

Is it possible to remove the padding from the top? The environment this is written in is:

\newenvironment{answer}[1]{%
\begin{solutionordottedlines}[#1]
\begin{minipage}[t][#1]{\textwidth}
}{%
\end{minipage}\end{solutionordottedlines}}

And my code is:

\part[1] initial vertical velocity $\vec{u}_{y}$ of the ball
% 1 mark: case one/two calculation and why
% 1 mark: the implication of them being equal
\begin{answer}{2cm}%

\begin{align}
    \vec{v}{y}&=\vec{u}{y}+\vec{a}{y}t\
    0&=\vec{u}{y}-9.8\times2.5\
    \therefore \vec{u}_{y} &= 9.8\times2.5 = \SI{25.5}{\metre\per\second};\text{up}
\end{align}
\end{answer}
apathyy
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    Welcome to TeX.SE! Could you extend your code fragments into a small example we can compile please? What document class and packages are you using etc, we can't help without more information. Try adding % comments at the end of the lines in your first fragment, that may help (after \begin{solutionordottedlines}[#1]% and \begin{minipage}[t][#1]{\textwidth}%) – JamesT Aug 30 '23 at 13:04
  • Oh, okay. I'm using the exam package (which to my knowledge is an extension of the article package but for exams). – apathyy Aug 30 '23 at 13:05
  • I think I've figured out a way to balnce out the whitespace at the start of the box but it seems there is a large amount of whitespace at the bottom using the following: 
    \usepackage{etoolbox}
\newcommand{\zerodisplayskips}{%
  \setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{0pt}%
  \setlength{\belowdisplayskip}{0pt}%
  \setlength{\abovedisplayshortskip}{0pt}%
  \setlength{\belowdisplayshortskip}{0pt}}
\appto{\normalsize}{\zerodisplayskips}
\appto{\small}{\zerodisplayskips}
\appto{\footnotesize}{\zerodisplayskips}
    – apathyy Aug 30 '23 at 13:07
  • Try with \usepackage{mathtools} with the tag ``\SwapAboveDisplaySkip` – MadyYuvi Aug 30 '23 at 13:28
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    This should answer your question: Spurious space above align environment at top of page/minipage – barbara beeton Aug 30 '23 at 14:16
  • It does, thank you! – apathyy Aug 31 '23 at 00:04

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