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%%  An UIT Edition example
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%%  Example 06-11-9 on page 108.
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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{375.57637pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\setcounter{equation}{59}
\renewcommand\theequation{6.\arabic{equation}}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{amsmath}  \newcounter{mySubCounter}
\newcommand\twocoleqn[2]{\setcounter{mySubCounter}{0}\let\OldTheEq\theequation%
  \renewcommand\theequation{\OldTheEq\alph{mySubCounter}}%
  \noindent\begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth}
    \begin{align}\refstepcounter{mySubCounter}#1\end{align}
  \end{minipage}\hfill\addtocounter{equation}{-1}%
  \begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth}
    \begin{align}\refstepcounter{mySubCounter}#2\end{align}
  \end{minipage}\let\theequation\OldTheEq}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\twocoleqn{y=f(x)}{y=f(z)}
\begin{align} z &= f(x,y) \end{align}
\end{document}