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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 11-2-16 on page II-140 in "Multiple alignments: \protect \nxLenv {align} and \protect \nxLenv {flalign}".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3examargin}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{amsmath}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\renewcommand\minalignsep{30pt}
\begin{align}
x &= y && \text{by hypothesis} \\
x' &= y' && \text{by definition} \\
x + x' &= y + y' && \text{by Axiom 1}
\end{align}
\renewcommand\minalignsep{10pt}
\end{document}