# super sub test

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**Created:** [May 24, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-sub-test/20397 "2000-05-24T14:04:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-sub-test/20397/1 "2000-05-24T14:04:01Z")

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2 raised to the nth power is 2[sup]n[/sup]

2 raised to the (n+1) power is 2[sup]n+1[/sup]

a\_0 is a[sub]0[/sub]

a\_n+1 is a[sub]n+1[/sub]

a\_0 raised to the nth power is a[sub]0[/sub][sup]n[/sup]

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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-sub-test/20397/2 "2000-05-24T14:07:44Z")

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a raised to the power of the square of n is a[sup]n[sup]2[/sup][/sup]

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-sub-test/20397/3 "2000-05-24T14:35:24Z")

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> 2 raised to the nth power is 2[sup]n[/sup]
> 
> 2 raised to the (n+1) power is 2[sup]n+1[/sup]
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> a\_0 is a[sub]0[/sub]
> 
> a\_n+1 is a[sub]n+1[/sub]
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> a\_0 raised to the nth power is a[sub]0s[/sub][sup]nS[/sup]
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> \*\*