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# Function multiply
Multiply two values, `x * y`. The result is squeezed.
For matrices, the matrix product is calculated.
## Syntax
```js
math.multiply(x, y)
```
### Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`x` | Number | BigNumber | Boolean | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | null | First value to multiply
`y` | Number | BigNumber | Boolean | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | null | Second value to multiply
### Returns
Type | Description
---- | -----------
Number | BigNumber | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | Multiplication of `x` and `y`
## Examples
```js
math.multiply(4, 5.2); // returns Number 20.8
var a = math.complex(2, 3);
var b = math.complex(4, 1);
math.multiply(a, b); // returns Complex 5 + 14i
var c = [[1, 2], [4, 3]];
var d = [[1, 2, 3], [3, -4, 7]];
math.multiply(c, d); // returns Array [[7, -6, 17], [13, -4, 33]]
var e = math.unit('2.1 km');
math.multiply(3, e); // returns Unit 6.3 km
```
## See also
[divide](divide.md)
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