Question: Multiplication with Two Parentheses

     Why is it that Maple is smart enought to know that a term like 3w means three times w, but two terms in parentheses like (3+7)and (7+8) with no multiplication operator between them gives an answer of 7?  When a multiplication operator is inserted between the parenthesis, the correct answer 105 is obtained. 

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