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I want to have written words in a fraction but to have them in correct fraction form and not crude-looking. So, I have;
$\displaystyle\frac{Actual Value of Production}{Demand}$ x $100$
But it makes the text appear in math-mode so all italics with no spaces and looks awful. If I remove the $ it just won't appear.
Any help?
another possibility, requiring amsmath is this:
\[
\frac{\text{Actual Value of Production}}{\text{Demand}} \times 100
\]
since it's unlikely to be embedded in text, using "display" coding is preferable to the inline $...$ input.
warning: \text will follow the style of the surrounding text, so if this is
included within the statement of a theorem, it will be set in italic. in such a
situation, it's better to use \textrm.
If you're going to be writing a lot of fractions this way, you should define your own macro:
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand*\textfrac[2]{
\frac{\text{#1}}{\text{#2}}
}
Then you can just write $\textfrac{Top}{Bottom}$ and it will print the words in the current text style.
Try this:
$\displaystyle\frac{\mbox{Actual Value of Production}}{\mbox{Demand}}$ x $100$
\times, something like this: $\displaystyle\frac{\mbox{Actual Value of Production}}{\mbox{Demand}} \times 100$ If the answer is correct, please mark it as correct
– Nico
Apr 3 '13 at 13:07
\text is actually preferred to \mbox, since it is more conscientious in preserving font styles.
– Ryan Reich
Apr 3 '13 at 19:14
\dfrac{}{}, also from amsmath, instead of \displaystyle\frac{}(}.
– Franck Pastor
Jan 24 '14 at 15:56
{}) or hit Ctrl+K. – Claudio Fiandrino Apr 3 '13 at 13:05...mand} \times 100$– David Carlisle Apr 3 '13 at 13:13