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Question: I want to reduce the extra space between the first line of an answer and the start of minipage.

This is what I have done so far:

\documentclass[12pt, letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=1 in,bottom=1 in,left=0.7 in,right=0.7 in]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[misc]{ifsym}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{forest}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\makeatother
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex}
\begin{document}
\textbf{Answer:}~Let the points are $A\,\left(x_1 , x_2\right)$, $B\,\left(y_1 , y_2\right)$ and $C\,\left(z_1 , z_2\right)$.

 \begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow AB^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;AB&=&   
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow BC^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;BC&=&
    \end{flalign*}  
\end{minipage}
\end{document}
Andrew Swann
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SandyM
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2 Answers2

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In your set-up there is a \parskip before the minipage and once the minipage starts there is an \abovedisplayskip at the top each set of equations. You can undo either of these vertical spaces by issuing \vspace{-\parskip} or \vspace{-\abovedisplayskip} just before the minipage. Which one you choose is up to what spacing you wish to have:

Sample output

\documentclass[12pt, letterpaper]{article}

\usepackage[a4paper,top=1 in,bottom=1 in,left=0.7 in,right=0.7 in]{geometry}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[misc]{ifsym}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{forest}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}

\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex}

\begin{document}
\textbf{Answer:} Let the points be $A = (x_1 , x_2)$, $B = (y_1 ,
y_2)$ and $C = (z_1 , z_2)$.  Remove \verb+\parskip+.

\vspace{-\parskip}
\begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow AB^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;AB&=&
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow BC^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;BC&=&
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}

\textbf{Answer:} Let the points be $A = (x_1 , x_2)$, $B = (y_1 ,
y_2)$ and $C = (z_1 , z_2)$.  Remove \verb+\abovedisplayskip+.

\vspace{-\abovedisplayskip}
\begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow AB^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;AB&=&
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow BC^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;BC&=&
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}

\textbf{Answer:} Let the points be $A = (x_1 , x_2)$, $B = (y_1 ,
y_2)$ and $C = (z_1 , z_2)$.  Remove nothing.

\begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow AB^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;AB&=&
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{flalign*}
        \rightarrow BC^2&=&\\
        &=&\\
        \therefore\;BC&=&
    \end{flalign*}
\end{minipage}

\end{document}
Andrew Swann
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0

Add \vspace{-...} with a negative distance before \begin{minipage}... command as in

\textbf{Answer:}~Let the points are $A\,\left(x_1 , x_2\right)$, $B\,\left(y_1 , y_2\right)$ and $C\,\left(z_1 , z_2\right)$.

\vspace{-4ex}
\begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}

Be sure to leave a blank line before the \vspace command though.

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Tommy
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