Using Mathematical Equations in Motion

Is there an easy way to create and use mathematical equations in Motion? It takes ages to format an equation if you need powers (i.e. superscript) or divisions using Motion's text tool.
Copying equations in PDF or Tiff format from Grapher is no good. They don't paste directly into Motion (which is extremely annoying), and if you save them using Preview, they pixelate very quickly (though you can change the font size for the equations in Grapher, but this takes a long time too).
Can anyone recommend a solution?

Sorry, I misunderstood you.
There is a solution:
1. Select your equation
2. Right click -> Copy As -> EPS
3. Paste into TextEdit
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to get as many equations as you want in TextEdit
5. Save your TextEdit document as rtfd
6. Right click on rtfd file -> Show Package Contents
7. Copy all the EPS files from it to your project folder and import to Motion.
Good luck!

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