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Tips & Best Practices

Long division​

{
  "detection_map": {
    "contains_chart": 0,
    "contains_diagram": 0,
    "contains_graph": 0,
    "contains_table": 0,
    "is_blank": 0,
    "is_inverted": 0,
    "is_not_math": 0,
    "is_printed": 1
  },
  "latex_normal": "8 \\longdiv { 7200 }"
}

We use the special markup \longdiv to represent long division; it is the only nonvalid Latex markup we return. Long division is used much like \sqrt which is visually similar.

Latency considerations​

The biggest source of latency is image uploads. The speed of a response from Mathpix API servers is roughly proportional to the size of the image. Try to use images under 100kb for maximum speeds. JPEG compression and image downsizing are recommended to ensure lowest possible latencies.