How do you put spaces in latex (1 Viewer)

Tsylana

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lol like i cant write something like a sentence like " the hyperbola xy = cc "
 

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you can put \ then a space, at the end of the word
 

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<table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 1em 1em 1em 0pt; background: rgb(249, 249, 249) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; border-collapse: collapse;" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>double quad space</td> <td>a \qquad b</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>quad space</td> <td>a \quad b</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>text space</td> <td>a\ b</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>text space without PNG conversion</td> <td>a \mbox{ } b</td> <td>a b</td> </tr> <tr> <td>large space</td> <td>a\;b</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>medium space</td> <td>a\>b</td> <td>[not supported]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>small space</td> <td>a\,b</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>no space</td> <td>ab</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>small negative space</td> <td>a\!b</td> <td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
 

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oh what about if you want to start a new line in the equation like
y=2x+1
=2(-1)+1
=-1
 

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If you want to write a sentence in normal font, just use the \text{} command, writing what you want to say in the brackets, and it will come out like normal. Just be warned that it will take no mathematical notation however, and that would have to be written outside the brackets.
 

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Alternatively, place surround any non-mathematical text with $ symbols. E.g. $Testing $ s = 1 gives
 

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