\( x = \frac342 = 17 \) or \( x = \frac262 = 13 \) - Wholesale Market Hub
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The title says it all, both \dfrac {a} {b} and \frac {a} {b} make fractions, so what is the difference between the two?
I am wondering how to make a fraction in LaTeX small enough to fit on a line, or at least just a little larger. I could have sworn I had seen this before but I just cannot find it. In particular, I
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The command \over is a so-called "primitive" command that's available in Plain TeX and in LaTeX. \frac is a LaTeX-only command that builds on the \over macro to provide something that's much less likely to throw unexpected errors if the user doesn't handle the syntax of the \over command just right. Assuming you have the amsmath package loaded, the \frac command is defined as follows ...
This question explains the difference between \\over and \\frac and it seems as though the most experienced members unanimously agree that \\over is inferior (if not something to be outright regretted);
It is nearly always best to use the slashed form for fractions in the text:
With amsmath or mathtools you can write dfrac instead of frac, but since dfrac is used for inline fractions, it won't change anything for you in math environments. My workaround is using \displaystyle in the fractions, like Mico mentioned, where I have summations or such elements.
