How to align my equation to left?












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I want to display four equations which have different length. I want they align left like this.enter image description here



But my code give thisenter image description here



The following are my code:



$$begin{aligned} p(a) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a) \  
&={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}
end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(b) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(c) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(d) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}} end{aligned}$$


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  • never use $$ in latex, use [ and then the fleqn option will left align equations.

    – David Carlisle
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I want to display four equations which have different length. I want they align left like this.enter image description here



But my code give thisenter image description here



The following are my code:



$$begin{aligned} p(a) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a) \  
&={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}
end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(b) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(c) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(d) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}} end{aligned}$$


Can anyone tell me what I can do?










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I want to display four equations which have different length. I want they align left like this.enter image description here



But my code give thisenter image description here



The following are my code:



$$begin{aligned} p(a) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a) \  
&={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}
end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(b) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(c) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(d) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}} end{aligned}$$


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I want to display four equations which have different length. I want they align left like this.enter image description here



But my code give thisenter image description here



The following are my code:



$$begin{aligned} p(a) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a) \  
&={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}
end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(b) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(c) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}} end{aligned}$$
$$begin{aligned} p(d) &=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d) \
&={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}} end{aligned}$$


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  • never use $$ in latex, use [ and then the fleqn option will left align equations.

    – David Carlisle
    yesterday



















  • never use $$ in latex, use [ and then the fleqn option will left align equations.

    – David Carlisle
    yesterday

















never use $$ in latex, use [ and then the fleqn option will left align equations.

– David Carlisle
yesterday





never use $$ in latex, use [ and then the fleqn option will left align equations.

– David Carlisle
yesterday










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Here is a proposal



documentclass{article}
usepackage{amsmath}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
&;={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}\
p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
&;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}}\
p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
&;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}}\
p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
&;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}}
end{align*}
end{document}


enter image description here



Why do you use scriptstyle? It is very hard to read the fractions! Use tfrac instead!



You should remove ; in the &;={scriptstyle... lines to align the =s. I prefer that way.





I strongly recommend this one



documentclass{article}
usepackage{amsmath}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
&=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{2}{3}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{2}\
p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
&=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{2}+tfrac{1}{3} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{4}\
p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
&=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{8} 0+tfrac{1}{8}=tfrac{1}{8}\
p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
&=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{3}
end{align*}
end{document}


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  • Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

    – chole
    yesterday






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    @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

    – JouleV
    yesterday






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    +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

    – Mico
    yesterday











  • @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

    – JouleV
    yesterday






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    +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

    – David Carlisle
    yesterday



















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I propose this layout, using the fleqn environment and, as in my opinion, medium sized fractions will look best, I also use the medmath and mfrac commands, each from nccmath:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{amsmath, nccmath}

begin{document}

begin{fleqn}
begin{align*}
p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
&quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{2} \[1ex]
p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
&quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3}cdot frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{4} \[1ex]
p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
&quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8},0 + frac{1}{8}}=mfrac{1}{8} \[1ex]
p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
&quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8cdot } frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{3}
end{align*}
end{fleqn}

end{document}


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    Here is a proposal



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &;={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


    enter image description here



    Why do you use scriptstyle? It is very hard to read the fractions! Use tfrac instead!



    You should remove ; in the &;={scriptstyle... lines to align the =s. I prefer that way.





    I strongly recommend this one



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{2}{3}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{2}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{2}+tfrac{1}{3} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{4}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{8} 0+tfrac{1}{8}=tfrac{1}{8}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{3}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


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    • Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

      – chole
      yesterday






    • 1





      @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






    • 2





      +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

      – Mico
      yesterday











    • @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






    • 1





      +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

      – David Carlisle
      yesterday
















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    Here is a proposal



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &;={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


    enter image description here



    Why do you use scriptstyle? It is very hard to read the fractions! Use tfrac instead!



    You should remove ; in the &;={scriptstyle... lines to align the =s. I prefer that way.





    I strongly recommend this one



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{2}{3}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{2}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{2}+tfrac{1}{3} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{4}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{8} 0+tfrac{1}{8}=tfrac{1}{8}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{3}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


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    • Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

      – chole
      yesterday






    • 1





      @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






    • 2





      +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

      – Mico
      yesterday











    • @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






    • 1





      +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

      – David Carlisle
      yesterday














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    Here is a proposal



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &;={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


    enter image description here



    Why do you use scriptstyle? It is very hard to read the fractions! Use tfrac instead!



    You should remove ; in the &;={scriptstyle... lines to align the =s. I prefer that way.





    I strongly recommend this one



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{2}{3}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{2}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{2}+tfrac{1}{3} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{4}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{8} 0+tfrac{1}{8}=tfrac{1}{8}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{3}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


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    Here is a proposal



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &;={scriptstyle frac{1}{2} frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{2}}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{4}}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4} frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8} 0+frac{1}{8}=frac{1}{8}}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &;={scriptstylefrac{1}{2} frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8} frac{1}{3}=frac{1}{3}}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


    enter image description here



    Why do you use scriptstyle? It is very hard to read the fractions! Use tfrac instead!



    You should remove ; in the &;={scriptstyle... lines to align the =s. I prefer that way.





    I strongly recommend this one



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{2}{3}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{2}\
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{2}+tfrac{1}{3} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{4}\
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{4} tfrac{1}{6}+tfrac{1}{8} 0+tfrac{1}{8}=tfrac{1}{8}\
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &=tfrac{1}{2} tfrac{1}{12}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}+tfrac{1}{8} tfrac{1}{3}=tfrac{1}{3}
    end{align*}
    end{document}


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    • Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

      – chole
      yesterday






    • 1





      @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






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      +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

      – Mico
      yesterday











    • @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






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      +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

      – David Carlisle
      yesterday



















    • Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

      – chole
      yesterday






    • 1





      @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






    • 2





      +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

      – Mico
      yesterday











    • @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

      – JouleV
      yesterday






    • 1





      +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

      – David Carlisle
      yesterday

















    Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

    – chole
    yesterday





    Thank you very much. I use 'scriptstyle' because I want the second line of the equation to be small.

    – chole
    yesterday




    1




    1





    @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

    – JouleV
    yesterday





    @chole Then you should use tfrac instead of scriptstylefrac.

    – JouleV
    yesterday




    2




    2





    +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

    – Mico
    yesterday





    +1 for recommending tfrac in place of scriptstylefrac.

    – Mico
    yesterday













    @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

    – JouleV
    yesterday





    @chole If my answer helps you, please mark your question as resolved by clicking the checkmark on the left of my answer.

    – JouleV
    yesterday




    1




    1





    +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

    – David Carlisle
    yesterday





    +1 yes as I commented under the question the direct answer why there was no left alignment was due to using $$ but If I had answered I would also have suggested align* rather than [begin{aligned} :-)

    – David Carlisle
    yesterday











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    I propose this layout, using the fleqn environment and, as in my opinion, medium sized fractions will look best, I also use the medmath and mfrac commands, each from nccmath:



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{amsmath, nccmath}

    begin{document}

    begin{fleqn}
    begin{align*}
    p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
    &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{2} \[1ex]
    p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
    &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3}cdot frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{4} \[1ex]
    p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
    &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8},0 + frac{1}{8}}=mfrac{1}{8} \[1ex]
    p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
    &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8cdot } frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{3}
    end{align*}
    end{fleqn}

    end{document}


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      I propose this layout, using the fleqn environment and, as in my opinion, medium sized fractions will look best, I also use the medmath and mfrac commands, each from nccmath:



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{amsmath, nccmath}

      begin{document}

      begin{fleqn}
      begin{align*}
      p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
      &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{2} \[1ex]
      p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
      &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3}cdot frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{4} \[1ex]
      p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
      &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8},0 + frac{1}{8}}=mfrac{1}{8} \[1ex]
      p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
      &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8cdot } frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{3}
      end{align*}
      end{fleqn}

      end{document}


      enter image description here






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        I propose this layout, using the fleqn environment and, as in my opinion, medium sized fractions will look best, I also use the medmath and mfrac commands, each from nccmath:



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{amsmath, nccmath}

        begin{document}

        begin{fleqn}
        begin{align*}
        p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{2} \[1ex]
        p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3}cdot frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{4} \[1ex]
        p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8},0 + frac{1}{8}}=mfrac{1}{8} \[1ex]
        p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8cdot } frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{3}
        end{align*}
        end{fleqn}

        end{document}


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer















        I propose this layout, using the fleqn environment and, as in my opinion, medium sized fractions will look best, I also use the medmath and mfrac commands, each from nccmath:



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{amsmath, nccmath}

        begin{document}

        begin{fleqn}
        begin{align*}
        p(a)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow a)+p(b) p(b rightarrow a)+p(c) p(c rightarrow a)+p(d) p(d rightarrow a)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{2}{3}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{2} \[1ex]
        p(b)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow b)+p(b) p(b rightarrow b)+p(c) p(c rightarrow b)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{2}+frac{1}{3}cdot frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{4} \[1ex]
        p(c)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow c)+p(b) p(b rightarrow c)+p(c) p(c rightarrow c)+p(d) p(d rightarrow c)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{4}cdot frac{1}{6}+frac{1}{8},0 + frac{1}{8}}=mfrac{1}{8} \[1ex]
        p(d)&=p(a) p(a rightarrow d)+p(c) p(c rightarrow d)+p(d) p(d rightarrow d)\
        &quad= medmath{frac{1}{2}cdot frac{1}{12}+frac{1}{8}cdot frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{8cdot } frac{1}{3}}=mfrac{1}{3}
        end{align*}
        end{fleqn}

        end{document}


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