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might be hidden in the “Symbols” menu. The keyboard shortcut for inserting an equation is Alt-=.
You can insert an equation inline or as a display equation. Let’s insert a displayed equation. The
formula for the sum of a geometric progression is
n
a ( 1−r n+1 )
∑ ar = k
1−r
.
k=0

Notice that the sentence ended with a full stop at the end of the displayed equation.

Small equations or symbols are inserted inline, for example, y=x 2 +1. This equation involves the
variables x and y which should also be typeset using the equation editor.

The cross product,

() () ( )
1 4 −3
2 × 5 = 6 gives us just what we need.
3 6 −3

The definition of the derivative of a function f : R → R at x ∈ R is

f ( x+ h )−f (x)
f ' ( x )=lim .
h →0 h
Suppose that we have two equations to solve
x 1+ 2 x 2−x 3 ¿ 6
3 x 1−x 2 ¿ −2

We can write down a parametric form for the solution to this system of equations. First let x 1=λ .
Then from the second equation we have x 2=3 x 1+2=3 λ+2 and then from the first equation we
have x 3=x 1+ 2 x 2−6=λ+ 2 ( 3 λ +2 )−6=7 λ−2. Putting these together in vector form we have

( )( ) ()
x1 0 1
x2 = 2 + λ 3 ,
x3 −2 7

where λ ∈ R .

The set of rational numbers can be defined as,

Q= { pq : p , q ∈ Z , gcd ( p , q )=1 and q ≠ 0}.