how does multiplication works in java

1Java provides several arithmetic operations that you can use in your programs. 
2 In order to multiply numbers in Java, we will use the asterisk (*) between each number or variable

1public class SumOfElements {
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3  public static void main(String[] args){
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5    int[] a = {1,2,3,4,5};
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7    
8    int sum = sumArray(a);
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10   int result = multiply(5,10);
11  }
12  
13  private static int multiply(int i , int j) {
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15    int k = 1;
16    int sum = 0;
17    
18    while(k <= j)
19    {
20      sum = sum + i;
21      k++;
22    }
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