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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{177.70511pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\setcounter{equation}{18}
\renewcommand\theequation{9.\arabic{equation}}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{mathtools} \newtagform{angels}{<}{>}
\newtagform{brackets}[\textsf]{[}{]}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\usetagform{angels}
\begin{equation} E = m\cdot c^2 \end{equation}
\usetagform{brackets}
\begin{equation} E \neq m c^3  \end{equation}
\renewtagform{brackets}{<}{>}
\begin{equation} E \neq m c^3  \end{equation}
\usetagform{default}
\begin{equation} E = m\cdot c^2 \end{equation}
\end{document}