SOLUTION: What does it mean when the exponent is at the bottom right corner of the number instead of at the top?

Question 457838: What does it mean when the exponent is at the bottom right corner of the number instead of at the top?
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, Earlsdon, richard1234:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Probably that it's not an exponent, but a base.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It means that it is not an exponent but a subscript.
Subscripts are usually used to denote different elements in a list, for example:
,,,...
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Probably terms of a sequence, such as .

Or, maybe you are doing math problems (or, computer science problems) involving different bases, such as binary or hexadecimal.
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