I am a new user of LaTeX. I want to underline the answers to mathematics problems using a \rightharpoondown
symbol. If possible, I would like a \rightharpoondown
of variable size, as in the image below. How can I achieve this?
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I don't understand your question. You mention \rightharpoondown but the link to your example doesn't use it; it circles the answer. Is a circled answer what you are looking for?– FrédéricJul 7, 2013 at 16:20
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Sorry the insufficient my question. I mentioned it follow the two examples. $\overset{5 Volts}{\rightharpoondown}$ $\underset{\rightharpoondown}{4 Volts}$ But \rightharpoondown will be variable.– ÖzgürJul 7, 2013 at 16:34
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Now that I know you are talking about \rightharpoondown, please explain what is your problem with it, what you actually want to attain.– FrédéricJul 7, 2013 at 16:46
2 Answers
Here is are three macros that (1) underline with a hook, (2) circle an answer (with an ellipse) and (3) that place two diagonal lines in the lower right corner. Note that I used the siunitx
package to write the answer; this package is made to correctly write the units of a value.
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\newcommand{\answer}[1]{
\tikz[baseline=(answer.base)]{
\node[inner sep=3pt] (answer) {#1};
\draw[line cap=round] (answer.south west) -- (answer.south east) -- ++(-0.1,-0.1);
}}
\newcommand{\answercircled}[1]{
\tikz[baseline=(answer.base)]{
\node[ellipse,draw,inner sep=3pt] (answer) {#1};
}}
\newcommand{\answerside}[1]{
\tikz[baseline=(answer.base)]{
\node[inner sep=3pt] (answer) {#1};
\draw[double, double distance=2pt] ($(answer.south east) + (45:0.2)$) -- ($(answer.south east) - (45:0.2)$);
}}
\begin{document}
$x = \answer{\SI{5}{Volts}} = \answercircled{\SI{5}{Volts}}= \answerside{\SI{5}{Volts}}$
\end{document}
The result is
After that teaching my example, again thank you Frédéric.
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{color}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\newcommand{\answer}[1]{
\tikz[baseline=(answer.base)]{
\node[inner sep=3pt] (answer) {#1};
\color{red}
\draw[line width=1pt,color=red][line cap=round] {[rounded corners](answer.south west) -- (answer.south east) } -- ++(-0.5,-0.5);
}}
\begin{document}
$x = \answer{\SI{5.977}{Volts}}$
\end{document}
The result is