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I'm using witharrows package to document my steps in solving an equation like so:

    \begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
    \item
    \begin{flalign*}
    \begin{WithArrows}[format=l, jot=4pt]
    \sin^2x &= 3 \cdot \cos^2x \Arrow[]{$\div \cos^2x$} &\\[4pt]
    \frac{\sin^2x}{\cos^2x} &= 3
    \end{WithArrows}
    \end{flalign*}
    \end{enumerate}

I wish for the equation to be aligned to the left so I set an anchor point in the end as-well &.

The result is centered and the arrows are overlapping the equations and I'm not sure why: enter image description here

I get the following errors:

Package witharrows Error: You should use the command \Arrow only in the last(witharrows) {WithArrows}. ^^I\end{flalign*}
Package witharrows Error: Your environment {WithArrows} has 1 columns and

Which I cannot understand.
Would appreciate help deciphering what it means and how to solver it.
Thanks in advance.

EDIT: full example: https://pastebin.com/hshSaUra

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  • You should put a complete compilable code (with the \documentclass, the \begin{document}, the \end{document}, etc.). Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 21:43
  • @F.Pantigny I've added the full code
    – Jorayen
    Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 21:56

1 Answer 1

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Maybe you want that:

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{witharrows}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item
$\begin{WithArrows}[format=l, jot=4pt]
\sin^2x = 3 \cdot \cos^2x \Arrow[]{$\div \cos^2x$} \\[4pt]
\frac{\sin^2x}{\cos^2x} = 3
\end{WithArrows}$
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}
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  • Then the equation is just centered and not aligned to the left next to (a)
    – Jorayen
    Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 21:54
  • Actually I missed the part where you wrapped the whole environment with $ inline math expression, and that actually solved it. Can you explain why you did that?
    – Jorayen
    Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 22:02
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    The environment {WithArrows} is similar to the environment {aligned} of amsmath (and mathtools): it is composed in its own box, can be inserted in other environment, and must be composed in math mode. On the other side, the environment {DispWithArrows} is similar to {align} (which is not {aligned}): it takes the full width of the page (or current column) and must not be composed in math mode. Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 22:08
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    Why not use \dfrac for the last line?
    – Bernard
    Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 22:16
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    @Jorayen: There's not much to say: compare the result of \frac{…}{…} in a displayed equation and in an online formula . The dfrac, \cfrac and tfrac commands are introduced by amsmath, are are explained in detail in amsldoc.pdf, which is a part of the documentation of the package. As to mfrac (medium-sized fractions) it id defined, along with other medium-size commands and environment by the nccmath package; you can read details and examples in its documentation.
    – Bernard
    Commented Oct 29, 2020 at 12:47

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