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Conegamer said:
I agree that the answer is 288, but the wanted answer is 2. Otherwise, they would have put a multiplication symbol in...

The simple and only reason why there's no multiplication symbol is to lighten the equation. There's no mathematical meaning behind it...

If there's nothing then it should be assumed that it means a simple multiplication and not one that has priority over multiplication/division symbol.