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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

2 (4) is the same thing as 2 * 4.

No, as I already pointed out, it's the same as (2x4). You can't remove brackets unless there is only 1 term left inside. 2x4 is 2 terms, so can't remove brackets yet.