\documentstyle[x2000,helv]{article} % you must use dvips -x2000 to get the slide size % the helv font is not required, but to use it you need helv.sty \setlength{\textheight}{4.5in} % x2000 sets this to 3in, % but that's often not quite enough. \parindent 0in \setlength{\topmargin}{-.2in} \setlength{\headsep}{0in} \setlength{\parskip}{8pt} % extra space between paragraphs \pagestyle{empty} \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2.0} \def\wh{\widehat} % just simplifies typing \def\wb{\overline} \def\wt{\widetilde} \begin{document} {\bf Approx. Confidence Interval for Pop. Mean $\mu$:} \[ \wb{X}-z_{\alpha/2}\mbox{se}(\wb{X})<\mu< \wb{X}+z_{\alpha/2}\mbox{se}(\wb{X}) \] \[ \overline{X}-z_{\alpha/2}\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}<\mu< \wb{X}+z_{\alpha/2}\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}} \] {\bf General C.I. for Estimator $\wh{\theta}$} \[ \wh{\theta}-z_{\alpha/2}\mbox{se}(\wh{\theta})<\theta< \wh{\theta}+z_{\alpha/2}\mbox{se}(\wh{\theta}) \] se($\wh{\theta}$) = standard error of $\wh{\theta}$ \\ = estimated standard deviation of $\wh{\theta}$ \end{document}