What do parentheses mean when balancing a chemical equation?

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What do parentheses mean when balancing a chemical equation?

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What do parentheses mean when balancing a chemical equation?

ex; AgNo3+MgCl2=AgCl+Mg(NO3)2

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(NO3) means two NO3 groups. N2O6 would do the same in the formal equations but you loose useful information that you actually have two nitro groups.
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