[Tex/LaTex] aligning the equal signs without numbering each line in latex

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Suppose I have something like,

$\therefore$ we have the following:

\begin{align}
2x + 7 &= 5x + 8 \\[0.1in]
&= 2x - 7 \\[0.1in]
&= 4 \\[0.1in]
\end{align}

I randomly made equations up but the point is I want to line up all the equal signs. However when I do something like this it always tabs everything in between the align command all the way to the center of the page when I just when to align the equal signs while not shifting the whole equation over. Also, when I do this it numbers each line which I do not want it to do. Is there a way to align the equal signs without numbering each line and without moving everything over so much?

Template:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\newcommand{\myname}{Name: -------}  
\newcommand{\course}{-------}                
\newcommand{\assignment}{-------}                  
\newcommand{\probs}{}                     

\usepackage{amsmath}            
\usepackage{amsthm}             
\usepackage{amssymb,latexsym}   
\usepackage{graphicx}         
\usepackage{verbatim}        
\usepackage{enumerate}        
\usepackage[left=1in,right=1in,top=0.75in,bottom=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage[dvipsnames,usenames]{color}    
\usepackage{ifthen} 
\usepackage{enumitem}

\newcommand{\mytitle}{
\begin{flushleft}
\bfseries
\assignment       \hspace*{\fill} \course \hspace*{\fill} \myname\\
\probs    \hspace*{\fill}              
\rule[10pt]{\linewidth}{1pt}
\end{flushleft}
}

\pagestyle{myheadings}
\markright{\course{} \assignment: \myname}
\newenvironment{exercise}[2][Exercise]
 {\begin{trivlist}\item[\hspace{0pt} \textbf{#1}~\textbf{#2.}]}
 {\end{trivlist}}

\newcommand{\checkname}
{
\ifthenelse{\equal{\myname}{}}
{
  \vspace*{\fill}
  \begin{center}
    {\LARGE \bf Your name is {\color{BrickRed} \myname}?\\[3pt]
    Please change \texttt{\color{BrickRed} \textbackslash myname} and re-process.}
  \end{center}
  \vspace*{\fill}
  \end{document}
  \newpage
}
{}
}

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}   
\mytitle                

\renewcommand{\qedsymbol}{}  

\end{document}

Best Answer

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,showframe}     %% show frame just for demo
\begin{document}
  \noindent
  $\therefore$ we have the following:
  \begin{flalign*}
   & \begin{aligned}
       2x + 7 &= 5x + 8 \\[0.1in]
              &= 2x - 7 \\[0.1in]
              &= 4 %\\[0.1in]
     \end{aligned}
   &
\end{flalign*}
\end{document}

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With your template:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\newcommand{\myname}{Name: -------}
\newcommand{\course}{-------}
\newcommand{\assignment}{-------}
\newcommand{\probs}{}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amssymb,latexsym}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage[left=1in,right=1in,top=0.75in,bottom=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage[dvipsnames,usenames]{color}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\newcommand{\mytitle}{
\begin{flushleft}
\bfseries
\assignment       \hspace*{\fill} \course \hspace*{\fill} \myname\\
\probs    \hspace*{\fill}
\rule[10pt]{\linewidth}{1pt}
\end{flushleft}
}

\pagestyle{myheadings}
\markright{\course{} \assignment: \myname}
\newenvironment{exercise}[2][Exercise]
 {\begin{trivlist}\item[\hspace{0pt} \textbf{#1}~\textbf{#2.}]}
 {\end{trivlist}}

\newcommand{\checkname}
{
\ifthenelse{\equal{\myname}{}}
{
  \vspace*{\fill}
  \begin{center}
    {\LARGE \bf Your name is {\color{BrickRed} \myname}?\\[3pt]
    Please change \texttt{\color{BrickRed} \textbackslash myname} and re-process.}
  \end{center}
  \vspace*{\fill}
  \end{document}
  \newpage
}
{}
}

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\mytitle

\renewcommand{\qedsymbol}{}

  \noindent
  $\therefore$ we have the following:
  \begin{flalign*}
   & \begin{aligned}
       2x + 7 &= 5x + 8 \\[0.1in]
              &= 2x - 7 \\[0.1in]
              &= 4 %\\[0.1in]
     \end{aligned}
   &
\end{flalign*}

\end{document}

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