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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{375.57637pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\setcounter{equation}{17}
\renewcommand\theequation{4.\arabic{equation}}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
a+b+c+d+ef = g+h+i+j+k\qquad\textrm{\parbox[t]{.3\linewidth}{\RaggedRight%
  This is a very long description of a formula.}}
\end{equation}
\end{document}