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What's the difference between implicit multiplication and explicit multiplication?
Implicit multiplication is xy or x(y), explicit multiplication is x*y.
Basically just whether or not there's an actual multiplication symbol.
Right idea, but wrong terminology.
There's no such thing as implicit multiplication
xy is a Term - Terms are separated by operators (none in this case) and joined by grouping symbols.
x(y) is a Bracketed Term, and is therefore subject to The Distributive Law, which is the first step in solving Brackets.
And yes, a multiplication symbol is an operator - which therefore separates Terms (which is why ab and axb aren't the same thing - it's 1 term vs. 2 terms), and the "M" in the mnemonics refers literally to multiplication signs, and nothing else.