# How do I align multiple equations together at different points

If I have a document as shown

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{align*}
&y= 3x +2\\
&\implies x &&= 48 \\
&&= \sin{x}
\end{align*}

\end{document}


and I want to align the places with double & together and the points with & together how do I do them both at the same time?

• How do I add a sketch? – user61882 Feb 17 at 16:45
• It is a picture showing what you need. – user156344 Feb 17 at 16:53

Here are three other possibilities, with mathtools (which extends amsmath) and makebox:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{makebox}

\begin{document}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
& & y & = 3x +2\\
\ArrowBetweenLines[\Downarrow] & & x &= 48 \\
& & & = \sin{x}
\end{alignat*}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
y & = 3x +2 & & \\
\ArrowBetweenLines*[\Downarrow] x &= 48 & &\\
& = \sin{x}& &
\end{alignat*}

\begin{align*}
y & = 3x +2\\[-0.5ex]
&\makebox*{${}= {}$}{$\Downarrow$}\\[-0.5ex]
x &= 48 \\
&= \sin{x}
\end{align*}

\end{document}


If I understood the question correctly:

Quick hack (corrected by John Kormylo in his comment)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{align*}
&y= 3x +2\\
&\implies x = 48 \\
& \phantom{\null\implies x}= \sin{x}
\end{align*}

\end{document}


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{align*}
&y= 3x +2\\
&\implies x &&= 48 \\
&&&= \sin{x}
\end{align*}

\end{document}


• That is sort of it, I would like the 48 to be next to the x though like  $x=48$ and the $\sin{x}$ underneath the 48 – user61882 Feb 17 at 16:46
• Is a quick hack like this suitable for you? – AndréC Feb 17 at 16:53
• Use \phantom{\null\implies x}. Operators need operands (or &) on both sides. – John Kormylo Feb 17 at 20:34

Another kind of alignment. It concerns the alignment of the symbol =

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
y&= 3x +2 \implies\\
x &= 48 \\
&= \sin{x}
\end{align*}
\end{document}

• That is closer but imagine that I wanted only the $\sin{x}$ and 48 aligned together and the $\implies$ aligned with the $y$ – user61882 Feb 17 at 17:00