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%%  Example 10-02-2 on page 201.
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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{375.57637pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{amsmath,multirow,bigdelim,calc}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{rc}
\ldelim\{{2}{1.5cm}[text --- text] & \parbox{\linewidth-2cm-4\tabcolsep}{\vspace*{1ex}
  \begin{flalign*}
     x & = 2\quad\text{if }y >2 & \\ x & = 3\quad\text{if }y \le 2 &
  \end{flalign*}}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
