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Following the simple rules and suggestions below can help you, other members, and our moderators to be happier people. Yes, truly, we will all be happier! When you create mis-catagorized, or poorly-posted quant questions, it leads to confusion and diminishes the valuable forum content. It also makes our lives stressful and disorganized. However, if you follow these 11 simple suggestions, you can expect great karma, good looks, and extra points on the GMAT! If by chance that did not convince you, ignoring or breaking these rules will likely lead to removed posts, warnings, eventual bans, and a possible hair loss. Please follow the rules. Thank you!

    1. Use the Search Box Before Posting.

    - We have 30,000 questions discussed. Chances are the one you wanted to post is already there.
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    - Please post PS questions in the PS subforum and DS questions in the DS subforum. No posting of PS/DS questions is allowed in the main Math forum.

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    - It is extremely important that the integrity of the original question is maintained. Remember, every word that is included in a question is there for a reason!

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I think that everybody will agree that \({(\sqrt{9+\sqrt{80}}+\sqrt{9-\sqrt{80}})^2}\) is much easier to understand than (sqr root of (9 +sqr root of 80)+sqr root of (9 - sqr root 80))^2.

So, in order to help you with the questions you post more efficiently please use the following guide to write math formulas.

In most cases you'll just need to do 2-3 simple steps:

Simple Formulas


How to make 7x^2+5(x+3)>1 to look like \(7x^2+5(x+3)>1\)
Step 1: Highlight 7x^2+5(x+3)>1;
Step 2: Press m button.


Fractions


How to make (x+3)/(x+5)>0 to look like \(\frac{x+3}{x+5}>0\):
Step 1: Highlight the fraction (x+3)/(x+5);
Step 2: Press fraction button;
Step 3: Now, highlight the whole expression and press m button.


Square roots


How to make (x+5)^(1/2)<17^(1/2) to look like \(\sqrt{x+5}<\sqrt{17}\):
Step 1: Highlight x+5 and press square_root button, then highlight 17 and press square_root button again;
Step 2: Now, highlight the whole expression and press m button.


Other Useful Symbols



Another Way of Writing Fractions:
How to make (a+b)/c to look like \(\frac{a+b}{c}\)
Step 1: Write \frac{a+b}{c}, (note that numerator and denominator must be enclosed in { } and you must write out \frac to tell the system that it is a fraction);
Step 2. Highlight the whole expression and press m button.

Exponents
How to make x^12 to look like \(x^{12}\)
Step 1: Write x^{12}, (note that multi-digit powers must be enclosed in { });
Step 2. Highlight the whole expression and press m button.

Roots
How to make 3rd root of x^2 to look like \(\sqrt[3]{x^2}\)
Step 1: Write \sqrt[3]{x^2}, (note that 3 must be enclosed in [ ] and 2 must be enclosed in { });
Step 2. Highlight the whole expression and press m button.

Inequalities
\(x\approx{3}\): write x\approx{3} and press m button (note that 3 must be enclosed in { }).
\(x\leq5\): write x\leq{5} and press m button.
\(x\geq3\): write x\geq{3} and press m button.
\(x\neq0\): write x\neq{0} and press m button.

Subscript
\(x_1\): write x_1 and press m button. If a subscript is more than one-digit number, for example \(x_{15}\) then write x_{15} and press m button (note that such kind of subscripts must be enclosed in { }).

Geometry
\(\pi\): write \pi and press m button;
\(\angle\): write \angle and press m button;
\(90^{\circ}\): write 90^{\circ} and press m button;
\(\alpha\): write \alpha and press m button;
\(\triangle\): write \triangle and press m button.


Full reference link for the extra curious: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics#Math_operators

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To embed fractions within fractions:

How to make ((x/4)/d) to look like \(\frac{\frac{x}{4}}{d}\) OR (x/(4/d)) to look like\(\frac{x}{\frac{4}{d}}\)

Step 1: Write \frac{\frac{x}{4}}{d} OR \frac{x}{\frac{4}{d}}
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