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I have an equation and I would like to uncover part of it at a time. Take y = 2x + 3.

\begin{equation*}
y = 2x + 3
\end{equation*}

I would like to uncover the 3

\begin{equation*}
y = 2x + \uncover<2->{3}
\end{equation*}

That syntax for uncover does not seem to do anything.

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Have you tried using \pause instead of \uncover? Or does that not fulfill your purpose? – Rebekah Feb 9 '12 at 22:26
I always have this problem! The \onslide solution doesn't always work with align (in amsmath) either. Sometimes I simply can't get incremental equations at all, for no apparent reason. Would be nice to hear an analysis of what's going on. – Ryan Reich Feb 10 '12 at 0:09
Works fine with me (Win 7,TeXnicCenter 2,MikTeX 2.9). \documentclass{beamer}\usepackage{amsmath}\begin{document}\frame{\[y = 2x + \uncover<2->{3}\]}\end{document}. Can you include the preamble of your document together with your TeX system (computer, TeX distribution etc.). And a side issue why not using \[ y = 2x + \uncover<2->{3} \] ? – percusse Feb 10 '12 at 0:34

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A minimal example:

\documentclass{beamer} %making it a slideshow
\author{Kaare Mikkelsen}
\begin{document}
\frame{
\frametitle{Colors} 
\begin{equation*} y = 2x + \onslide<2->{3} \end{equation*} %the "3" will be shown one mouse-click later than "y=2x"
}
\end{document}

The result:

enter image description here

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I think you should remove the \usepackage{graphicx} command? – Marc van Dongen Feb 9 '12 at 23:26
I have edited it accordingly :) – Kaare Feb 10 '12 at 12:34

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