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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 11-7-9 on page II-200 in "Ghostbusters\texttrademark ".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3examargin}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{111.0pt}

  \setlength\parindent{0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{amsmath}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
$\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y}            + \sqrt{z}$ \\
$\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\mathstrut y} + \sqrt{z}$ \\
$\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\smash{y}}    + \sqrt{z}$ \\
$\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\smash[b]{y}} + \sqrt{z}$
\end{document}
