Re: \bar{x} = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n x_i}{n}

[Michael Abshoff]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Jacobo Myerston wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to write the classical  statistic mean  with  \bar{x} = 
> \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n  x_i}{n}, but that doesn't display like I 
> expected. When I introduce \frac the subscript n  and _{i=1} display 
> on the side of the sum and not above and under the sum. Is there 
> another way to do that?
> -- 
> 
Hello Jacobo,

just insert a \displaystyle before the sum. If you don't like the 
full "height", you could also use a \limits.

Michael