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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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Probably that it's not an exponent, but a base.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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It means that it is not an exponent but a subscript.
Subscripts are usually used to denote different elements in a list, for example:
x%5B1%5D,x%5B2%5D,x%5B3%5D,...x%5Bn%5D

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.