Writing Mathematical Formulas in the GMAT Club Forums This post is just for those curious about writing neat maths formulae in forum posts... I looked it up because I was typing out questions and wanted to use symbols such as \leq rather than writing the 1 (2) highlight the text that is a formula, and then click the "m" button at the top of the edit box. This will enclose it with little "m" boxes (similar to adding color to a part of text), and tells the forum to display your text as a formula: x^2 + (x+3)^2 > 1 (3) that's it, simple. Most formula will display automatically. Fractions, roots and other exceptions are below. You can also see the detailed post by Bunuel here: rules-for-posting-please-read-this-before-posting-133935.html#p1096628 Common symbols that can be used within your formula (selected with GMAT in mind): Fractions: \frac{a+b}{c} --- \frac{a+b}{c} - note that numerator and denominator have to be enclosed in {} and you have to write out \frac to tell the system that it is a fraction. Powers and roots x^2 --- x^2 x^{12} --- x^{12} - note that multi-digit powers require {} \sqrt{x} --- \sqrt{x} - note the {} and \sqrt to identify the square root \sqrt {x} --- \sqrt {x} Inequalities \approx --- \approx \leq --- \leq \geq --- \geq \neq --- \neq Subscript x_1, x_2 --- x_1, x_2 Geometrical \pi --- \pi 90^{\circ} --- 90^{\circ} \alpha --- \alpha \angle --- \angle \triangle --- \triangle Full reference link for the extra curious: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics#Math_operators

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Thanks for laying that out

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28 Dec 2010, 03:00

can someone tell how to attatch file so the attatchment looks on the body of the post.. i tried the image option but am unable to use it

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can someone tell how to attatch file so the attatchment looks on the body of the post.. i tried the image option but am unable to use it

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Under "Upload attachment" section press "Choose File" and choose the file you want to attach then press "Add the file" then submit.

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27 Nov 2012, 02:30

It's way easier to use Alt codes or this Keyboard for writing math symbols and equations : mathkeyboard dot com

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09 Jan 2013, 15:25

Hello Bunuel, below two signs in "Rules of posting" are displaying same formulas.

Could you please replace "\leg" with "\geq" for greater than or equal to sign?

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how do i write the attached question using mathematical formula?

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how do i write the attached question using mathematical formula?

\(x=2(\frac{P}{Q})^{n-1}\)

\(\frac{P^{n-1}}{Q^{2n-1}}\)

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09 Mar 2015, 05:05

That was helpful, Bunuel. I edited my questions with the correct formula

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Hi,

The symbol for least integer function is as follows:

\(\lceil x \rceil\): denotes the least integer greater than or equal to x.

Use following in math-mode:

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\lceil x \rceil

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I am trying to write a response for a Critical Reasoning question, but the explanation could really benefit from a mathematical formula. It appears that mathematical formulas work great in the Quantitative forums, but whenever I type in "\(\mbox{[m]x^2+1}\mbox{[\m]}\)" it it doesn't create the equation in the preview; rather, it displays a weird formula that begins with a "\" and a "(". Is there any way to insert formulas into Verbal explanations?

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Works for me.

Could you please tell me in which topic you want to reply with formula and I'll try to help.

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Works for me.

Could you please tell me in which topic you want to reply with formula and I'll try to help.

Sure! Here is the link:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-a-certain ... 51545.html

I have tried putting in mathematical formulas into my replies, using 2 different computers and 3 different browsers. It is acting funny. But I have no problems putting in the exact same equations into replies for other Quantitative questions.

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Works for me.

Could you please tell me in which topic you want to reply with formula and I'll try to help.

It worked for me: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-a-certain ... l#p2236901 Not in preview though but it got posted correctly. Could you please try to post a formula there? Thank you.

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It worked for me: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-a-certain ... l#p2236901 Not in preview though but it got posted correctly. Could you please try to post a formula there? Thank you.

Fantastic! Thank you, Bunuel! Whenever I post a solution, I always like to preview it, and it scared me a little bit when the preview wouldn't display correctly. (I am a perfectionist, and I didn't want a post of mine to look half-baked.)

After you checked that the formulas would still (eventually) post correctly, this gave me an idea that could work for anyone else who runs into this issue. I opened up a Quant question and wrote my reply in that editor. This allowed me to preview the formulas so I knew they looked good. Then, I just copied the text of that reply into a reply for the original Verbal question I wanted to answer. The math equations still looked terrible when I "previewed" the response, but when I hit "Submit," everything appeared the way it was supposed to be. Mission accomplished.

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/if-x-neq-0-i ... l#p2864579
Bunuel - in the above post, I used mathematical formula in topic name but the same is not getting reflected, though the same reflected in main post.

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/if-x-neq-0-is-x-y-369503.html#p2864579
Bunuel - in the above post, I used mathematical formula in topic name but the same is not getting reflected, though the same reflected in main post.

Topic name does not have formula support, so you should put just a plain text there. Edited. Check now: https://gmatclub.com/forum/if-x-0-is-x-y-369503.html

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Hi Bunuel,
How do I give space between words in such expressions as it does not appear in the final text: (Even Integer)^{Any Positive Power}
Final Output: \((Even Integer)^{Any Positive Power}\)?

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Hi Bunuel,
How do I give space between words in such expressions as it does not appear in the final text: (Even Integer)^{Any Positive Power}
Final Output: \((Even Integer)^{Any Positive Power}\)?

By including there " \ "

\((Even \ Integer)^{Any \ Positive \ Power}\).

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