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* Do not use inline math with full fractions that make your text too small to read!
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* Don't do this (inline): $\frac{a}{b}$
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* Do this: $a/b$
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* Always use \left and \right for scalable delimiters around tall expressions like fractions or summations.
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* Don't do this: $(1 + a(1 + \frac{a + b}{b}))$
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* Do this: $\left(1 + a\left(1+ \frac{a + b}{b} \right) \right)$
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* Note that in the incorrect version, the closing parenthesis is too small and does not scale to the height of the fraction
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### Scientific notation and large/small numbers
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