\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \thispagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation} P(x)=\cos^2\theta \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma_1^2}}e^{-\frac{x^2}{2\sigma_1^2}}+\sin^2\theta \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma_2^2}}e^{-\frac{x^2}{2\sigma_2^2}} \end{equation} \end{document}