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What does a lenght=3pt 2 mean? [closed]

What does it mean if a lenght is set to, for instance, length=3pt 2? I noticed it's not the same as lenght=3.2pt... I'm sorry to ask such a trivial question, but I looked here and there, and I didn't ...
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Why is the total for gradingrange section1 wrong?

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,addpoints]{exam} \begin{document} \begin{questions} \begingradingrange{section1} \question[10] Here is my first question worth 10 points\\ ...
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Why does running latex with a4paper or 210 mm × 297 mm followed by dvips result in bounding-box width 596 pt rather than 595 pt?

Various source on the Web (e.g., http://www.prepressure.com/library/paper-size) specify the A4 paper size as 210 mm × 297 mm or 595 pt × 842 pt. Using 1 pt = 25.4 mm / 72, the width 210 mm ≈ 595....
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Points in Right Margin not aligning when I change question label (Exam Class)

I am trying to put brackets around my question label as follows: \renewcommand{\questionlabel}{(\thequestion)} However, when I do this, the points in the right margin are not perfectly aligned as ...
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Problem with titledquestion in exam document class

I have titled and notitled question in my document, also I'm using ifthen package, but in notitled questions, there are numbers in square brackets. How can I get rid of them?? My document: \...
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rounding error in simple assignment

I have a simple assignment in LuaTex: \dimen1 = 210mm Now I print the value \the\dimen1 The result is: 597.50787pt Calculating back with 1pt = 0.351mm is: 209.725...mm. This is an error of more than a ...
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How do I decrease or increase the size of these points in tikz?

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{import} \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \begin{document} \begin{figure}[h] \centering \begin{...
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Exam class only show questions for points [closed]

Often I have homework with just a few graded exercises. I like to TeX my homework in just one file and to hide the exercises that will not be graded such that I can hand in my graded exercises with ...
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Plot several connected points

I have the following code, a minimal working example only with 10 points: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz,pgfplots} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \usetikzlibrary{positioning} \begin{document} \...
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Tikz : Point C at distance k on line AB

I'd like to define the point C on line AB such that AC=k, using the calc library and the let... in... command. This does not work, why? Is there a unit problem (C seems to be pretty close to A)? I ...
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Simple question about drawing the real line using tikz

I have never drawn anything of LateX before, and I would like to represent intervals of the form [x,x'], with both x,x' real numbers, as I show below. I have 0 experience with tikz and altough I've ...
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In the LaTeX package XSIM, how do I get points in parentheses right after the question?

MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[verbose]{xsim} \begin{document} \begin{exercise}[points = 4] Solve the equation \[ 3(x-2) + 7 = x + 3 \] \end{exercise} \end{document} The output: I ...
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Drawing a point line edge in a graph in latex Tikz

I have been trying to complete the graph in the picture with an edge drawn with points. (a)........(b). I have searched the internet but found nothing, can I get your help? Here is the code I am using....
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Why does fontspec not handle setting the font size in points?

I would like to set the exact size, in points, of a font in my TeX document. Perusing through the fontspec documentation, I did not find a lot of information related to setting the font size. So I ...
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Connecting points with curved line

I am trying to draw something like this in latex. This is what i manage to do \begin{tikzpicture}[line/.style={-},thick] \node (a) at (1,1) {1}; \node (b) at (2,1) {2}; \node (...
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