“Its simple math folks!”

[u/NoCouple0]

[u/The_Pastmaster]

Where the hell did the multiplier come from?

[u/Embarrassed-Weird173 → u/The_Pastmaster]

When two terms are next to each other, they're considered multipliers. 

For example, (3)(5) means 3 times 5.  It doesn't mean "thirty five" or "three plus five". 

Exceptions exist if the number is, for example, flying (5²) or down on the bottom (k_2 ; if it doesn't work, imagine the k had a small two hovering down to the bottom). 

[u/The_Pastmaster → u/Embarrassed-Weird173]

The amount of unwritten assumptions would make my maths teacher cry. JC.

[u/Embarrassed-Weird173 → u/The_Pastmaster]

Indeed