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Oh, honey, that's just a variable! A number and two letters in algebra usually represent a mathematical expression or equation where the number is multiplied by the variable. It's like the algebraic version of "X marks the spot."

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Generally speaking, a letter in algebra refers to a variable, that is, it is a placeholder for any specific value that can be used in that equation.

In algebra syntax, a number next to a variable, or a variable next to another variable, with no explicit arithmetic symbol between them, mean to multiply the two values.

So:

2a

Means to multiply the variable value of "a" by two.

In your question:

2ab

all values should be multiplied. So, the result would be 2 times the variable value of "a" times the variable value of "b".

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