1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 352ac0773SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 455dcf8a7Smseidel * 552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 652ac0773SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 752ac0773SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 852ac0773SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 952ac0773SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1052ac0773SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1152ac0773SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 1255dcf8a7Smseidel * 1352ac0773SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 1455dcf8a7Smseidel * 1552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1652ac0773SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1752ac0773SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1852ac0773SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1952ac0773SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2052ac0773SAndrew Rist * under the License. 2155dcf8a7Smseidel * 2252ac0773SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2352ac0773SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsmathguidebracketsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 3244904c58Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152596"> 3344904c58Smseidel<bookmark_value>brackets; merging formula parts</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formula parts; merging</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>fractions in formulas</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>merging;formula parts</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 38*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="brackets"><link href="text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp" name="Merging Formula Parts in Brackets">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</link> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 40*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154511" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Inserting fractions into formulas</paragraph> 41*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146971" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In the case of a fraction whose numerator and denominator consist of a product, a sum, and so on, the values that belong together must be bracketed together.</paragraph> 42*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Use the following syntax:</paragraph> 43*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3083280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">{a + c} over 2 = m</paragraph> 44*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154703" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">or</paragraph> 45*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150297" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">m = {a + c} over 2</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp#parentheses"/> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 51