# [OS X TeX] formula with words

António Pires pires at uma.pt
Fri Aug 31 05:51:24 EDT 2007

On 30 de ago de 2007, at 13:59, Bridget Kane wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm a novice and hoping someone will  be able to help me.
>
> I want to write a formula that has words rather than numbers.  In
> words:
>
> The MPS is equal to the sum of Skill V + Task ID + Task Sig,
> divided by three and the product (of that) is mulitiplied by
> Autonomy and then multiplied by feedback
>
>  What I've done so far is this:
>
>
> $MPS = \lbrace \frac{\lgroup{Skill Variety + Task Identity + Task > Significance}\rgroup}{3}\rbrace \times Autonomy \times Feedback$

Trythis:

$$\mathrm{MPS}=\left\{\frac{(\mathrm{Skill\Variety}+\mathrm{Task \Identity}+\mathrm{Task\Significance})}{3}\right\}\times\mathrm {Autonomy}\times\mathrm{Feedback}$$

Youcanreplace$$$$by$$or,
dependingonhowyouwanttheequationtobeamongtherestofthe
text.Also,ifit'sokforthewordstobeinitalic,youcanremove
\mathrm{}fromtheformula.

Hopeithelps,

A.Pires

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