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I would like to achieve:

  • the multline equation spans horizontally .7\textwidth
  • the first line is aligned to the left side
  • the second line is aligned to the right side

So far I have:

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Could you explain me how to fix the problem of stretching the equations?

Code:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum*[2]

\begin{equation}
  \begin{multlined}[.7\textwidth]
    \shoveleft{a = b + }\\
    \shoveright{+ c}
  \end{multlined}
\end{equation}

\lipsum*[2]

\end{document}

The closest question that I found does not have this problem...

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desa
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1 Answers1

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You just don't want to use \shoveleft and \shoveright.

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum*[2]
\begin{equation}
  \begin{multlined}[.7\textwidth]
  a = b +{}\\
  {}+c
  \end{multlined}
\end{equation}
\lipsum*[2]

\end{document}

The empty atoms {} are needed for getting the right spacing.

enter image description here

egreg
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  • Then what is a use case of using shoveleft and shoveright? From the documentation I was sure it is made for such things. – desa Mar 26 '17 at 13:22
  • @desa The documentation is quite unclear indeed. – egreg Mar 26 '17 at 13:29
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    @desa - \shoveleft and \shoveright start to become useful once the multline and multlined environments contain three or more rows. – Mico Mar 26 '17 at 14:39