\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \frac{dw_i}{dt} = \alpha (1 - q_i) \frac{r_i(t-\tau_i)}{w_i} + \beta q_i (-\frac{w_i}{2} r_i(t-\tau_i) ). \end{equation*} \end{document}