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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152596"><bookmark_value>brackets; merging formula parts</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>formula parts; merging</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>fractions in formulas</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>merging;formula parts</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="brackets"><link href="text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</link>
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<h3 id="hd_id3154511">Inserting fractions into formulas</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146971" xml-lang="en-US">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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US">Use the following syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="smathcode" id="par_id3083280" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">{a + c} over 2 = m</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154703" xml-lang="en-US">or</paragraph>
<paragraph role="smathcode" id="par_id3150297" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">m = {a + c} over 2</paragraph>
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