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It means multply

e.g. 5a means '5' multiplied to the value of 'a'.

As in all multplied/addition.

3+3+3+3+3 = 5 X 3 = 15

Instead of writing all the plusses , we shorten it to multiply.

Similarly

a + a +a + a + a = 5 X a = 5a

In algebra the multiplication sign (x) is never shown as it may be confused with the unknown 'x'.

In algebra

addition is shown as 'a + b

subtraction is shown as 'a - b' .

multiplication is shown as 'ab'

division is shown as 'a/b' ( like an fraction).

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it means to multiply the number by the letter for example:

4A+2

it means 4 times A. above your problem it may or may not say what "A" is, if it does you will need to multiply 4 by that number. if it does not show what A is you will have to find out what A is, for example:

"4A=8"

so to find A you need to find what times 4 is 8 which is 2.

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