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      I'm trying to present a equation in this way



      Example of Table



      I don't know if it's the best way to present this information, but i got that example from a reference guide.










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      I'm trying to present a equation in this way



      Example of Table



      I don't know if it's the best way to present this information, but i got that example from a reference guide.







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          i suspect that you looking for the following:



          enter image description here



          documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
          usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
          usepackage{array,multirow}

          usepackage{lipsum}
          begin{document}
          lipsum[66]
          [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}
          begin{tabular}{r c >{$}r<{$:} l}
          multirow[t]{3}{*}{$
          Q_r=dfrac{W}{gammatimes t}
          $} & where & W & Weight \
          & & gamma & Specific weight\
          & & t & Average time
          end{tabular}
          ]
          lipsum[66]
          end{document}





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          • Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
            – kraDracsO
            Dec 13 at 2:42






          • 3




            [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
            – Zarko
            Dec 13 at 3:03





















          3














          Here's a solution that uses a single array environment.



          enter image description here



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{amsmath,array}
          newcolumntype{L}{>{$}l<{$}}
          begin{document}
          [
          Q_r=frac{W}{gammatimes t} qquadtext{where}qquad
          begin{array}[t]{@{} r<{colon} L @{}}
          W & Weight \
          gamma & Specific weight\
          t & Average time
          end{array}
          ]
          end{document}





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            I read this post and got this



            documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
            usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
            usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
            begin{document}
            begin{tabular}{rcl}
            $Q_r=dfrac{W}{gamma times t}$& where & begin{tabular}{rl}
            &\
            &\
            $W$:&Weight\
            $gamma$:&Specific weight\
            $t$:&Average time
            end{tabular}
            end{tabular}
            end{document}


            But this creates a space above the table. I could add a vspace{-0.5cm} before the table.






            share|improve this answer





















            • The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
              – Mico
              Dec 13 at 7:44











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            i suspect that you looking for the following:



            enter image description here



            documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
            usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
            usepackage{array,multirow}

            usepackage{lipsum}
            begin{document}
            lipsum[66]
            [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}
            begin{tabular}{r c >{$}r<{$:} l}
            multirow[t]{3}{*}{$
            Q_r=dfrac{W}{gammatimes t}
            $} & where & W & Weight \
            & & gamma & Specific weight\
            & & t & Average time
            end{tabular}
            ]
            lipsum[66]
            end{document}





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            • Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
              – kraDracsO
              Dec 13 at 2:42






            • 3




              [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
              – Zarko
              Dec 13 at 3:03


















            3














            i suspect that you looking for the following:



            enter image description here



            documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
            usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
            usepackage{array,multirow}

            usepackage{lipsum}
            begin{document}
            lipsum[66]
            [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}
            begin{tabular}{r c >{$}r<{$:} l}
            multirow[t]{3}{*}{$
            Q_r=dfrac{W}{gammatimes t}
            $} & where & W & Weight \
            & & gamma & Specific weight\
            & & t & Average time
            end{tabular}
            ]
            lipsum[66]
            end{document}





            share|improve this answer





















            • Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
              – kraDracsO
              Dec 13 at 2:42






            • 3




              [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
              – Zarko
              Dec 13 at 3:03
















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            3






            i suspect that you looking for the following:



            enter image description here



            documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
            usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
            usepackage{array,multirow}

            usepackage{lipsum}
            begin{document}
            lipsum[66]
            [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}
            begin{tabular}{r c >{$}r<{$:} l}
            multirow[t]{3}{*}{$
            Q_r=dfrac{W}{gammatimes t}
            $} & where & W & Weight \
            & & gamma & Specific weight\
            & & t & Average time
            end{tabular}
            ]
            lipsum[66]
            end{document}





            share|improve this answer












            i suspect that you looking for the following:



            enter image description here



            documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
            usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
            usepackage{array,multirow}

            usepackage{lipsum}
            begin{document}
            lipsum[66]
            [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}
            begin{tabular}{r c >{$}r<{$:} l}
            multirow[t]{3}{*}{$
            Q_r=dfrac{W}{gammatimes t}
            $} & where & W & Weight \
            & & gamma & Specific weight\
            & & t & Average time
            end{tabular}
            ]
            lipsum[66]
            end{document}






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            answered Dec 13 at 2:32









            Zarko

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            • Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
              – kraDracsO
              Dec 13 at 2:42






            • 3




              [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
              – Zarko
              Dec 13 at 3:03




















            • Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
              – kraDracsO
              Dec 13 at 2:42






            • 3




              [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
              – Zarko
              Dec 13 at 3:03


















            Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
            – kraDracsO
            Dec 13 at 2:42




            Yes, this is what i was looking for. Can you elaborate on what does [setlengthextrarowheight{1pt}?
            – kraDracsO
            Dec 13 at 2:42




            3




            3




            [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
            – Zarko
            Dec 13 at 3:03






            [ and ] are delimiters for math environment (equivalent for begin{equation*} and end{equation}. with setlengthextrarowheight{1pt} is added vertical space of 1pt above cells' contents. you can omit this space, if you like to have more dense text in tabular.
            – Zarko
            Dec 13 at 3:03













            3














            Here's a solution that uses a single array environment.



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            usepackage{amsmath,array}
            newcolumntype{L}{>{$}l<{$}}
            begin{document}
            [
            Q_r=frac{W}{gammatimes t} qquadtext{where}qquad
            begin{array}[t]{@{} r<{colon} L @{}}
            W & Weight \
            gamma & Specific weight\
            t & Average time
            end{array}
            ]
            end{document}





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              3














              Here's a solution that uses a single array environment.



              enter image description here



              documentclass{article}
              usepackage{amsmath,array}
              newcolumntype{L}{>{$}l<{$}}
              begin{document}
              [
              Q_r=frac{W}{gammatimes t} qquadtext{where}qquad
              begin{array}[t]{@{} r<{colon} L @{}}
              W & Weight \
              gamma & Specific weight\
              t & Average time
              end{array}
              ]
              end{document}





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                3






                Here's a solution that uses a single array environment.



                enter image description here



                documentclass{article}
                usepackage{amsmath,array}
                newcolumntype{L}{>{$}l<{$}}
                begin{document}
                [
                Q_r=frac{W}{gammatimes t} qquadtext{where}qquad
                begin{array}[t]{@{} r<{colon} L @{}}
                W & Weight \
                gamma & Specific weight\
                t & Average time
                end{array}
                ]
                end{document}





                share|improve this answer












                Here's a solution that uses a single array environment.



                enter image description here



                documentclass{article}
                usepackage{amsmath,array}
                newcolumntype{L}{>{$}l<{$}}
                begin{document}
                [
                Q_r=frac{W}{gammatimes t} qquadtext{where}qquad
                begin{array}[t]{@{} r<{colon} L @{}}
                W & Weight \
                gamma & Specific weight\
                t & Average time
                end{array}
                ]
                end{document}






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                answered Dec 13 at 6:11









                Mico

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                    I read this post and got this



                    documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
                    usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
                    usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
                    begin{document}
                    begin{tabular}{rcl}
                    $Q_r=dfrac{W}{gamma times t}$& where & begin{tabular}{rl}
                    &\
                    &\
                    $W$:&Weight\
                    $gamma$:&Specific weight\
                    $t$:&Average time
                    end{tabular}
                    end{tabular}
                    end{document}


                    But this creates a space above the table. I could add a vspace{-0.5cm} before the table.






                    share|improve this answer





















                    • The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
                      – Mico
                      Dec 13 at 7:44
















                    0














                    I read this post and got this



                    documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
                    usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
                    usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
                    begin{document}
                    begin{tabular}{rcl}
                    $Q_r=dfrac{W}{gamma times t}$& where & begin{tabular}{rl}
                    &\
                    &\
                    $W$:&Weight\
                    $gamma$:&Specific weight\
                    $t$:&Average time
                    end{tabular}
                    end{tabular}
                    end{document}


                    But this creates a space above the table. I could add a vspace{-0.5cm} before the table.






                    share|improve this answer





















                    • The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
                      – Mico
                      Dec 13 at 7:44














                    0












                    0








                    0






                    I read this post and got this



                    documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
                    usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
                    usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
                    begin{document}
                    begin{tabular}{rcl}
                    $Q_r=dfrac{W}{gamma times t}$& where & begin{tabular}{rl}
                    &\
                    &\
                    $W$:&Weight\
                    $gamma$:&Specific weight\
                    $t$:&Average time
                    end{tabular}
                    end{tabular}
                    end{document}


                    But this creates a space above the table. I could add a vspace{-0.5cm} before the table.






                    share|improve this answer












                    I read this post and got this



                    documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{report}
                    usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
                    usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
                    begin{document}
                    begin{tabular}{rcl}
                    $Q_r=dfrac{W}{gamma times t}$& where & begin{tabular}{rl}
                    &\
                    &\
                    $W$:&Weight\
                    $gamma$:&Specific weight\
                    $t$:&Average time
                    end{tabular}
                    end{tabular}
                    end{document}


                    But this creates a space above the table. I could add a vspace{-0.5cm} before the table.







                    share|improve this answer












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                    answered Dec 13 at 2:07









                    kraDracsO

                    357




                    357












                    • The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
                      – Mico
                      Dec 13 at 7:44


















                    • The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
                      – Mico
                      Dec 13 at 7:44
















                    The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
                    – Mico
                    Dec 13 at 7:44




                    The reason for the whitespace above the tabular environment is that the tabular environment comprises 5 rather than just 3 rows, with the first two rows being left empty. Assuming you wanted to keep using nested tabular environments, the best way to get rid of the unwanted whitespace is to replace both instances of begin{tabular} with begin{tabular}[t], i.e., to require top-alignment, and to get rid of the two blank rows. Do note that you don't actually need the "outer" tabular environment. Just encase formula and its legend in a display-math environment.
                    – Mico
                    Dec 13 at 7:44


















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