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wintersolstice

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Registered: 2009-06-06

Posts: 128

problem with LaTeX

sorry I didn't know where to post this but I'm having trouble with LateX

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bobbym

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From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: problem with LaTeX

You need to put the quoted part into \text{}.

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Olinguito

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Registered: 2014-08-12

Posts: 649

Re: problem with LaTeX

Try this.

\Delta=\frac12

h=c\cos A

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Au101

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Registered: 2010-12-01

Posts: 353

Re: problem with LaTeX

Hi

The " is not a symbol that LaTeX recognises. More importantly, you should have a space between your \cos and your A, because it reads \cosA all as one string and \cosA is not a command it recognises - that's why you're getting an error. To be honest, you only really needed

h = c\cos A

is it important for you to have quotation marks around your \cos A. If it is you could do that, but I'm not sure I really understand why you would want to.

Also, did you mean to get Delta or were you hoping for Δ (\Delta)?

Au101

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Registered: 2010-12-01

Posts: 353

Re: problem with LaTeX

Sorry Olinguito, I didn't realise you'd posted, but we're both basically saying the same thing!