“Except that the 2 is preceded by “48/”.
If the 2(9+3) was the whole equation, then there would be no discussion over precedence.”
Using your logic would have gotten my knuckles rapped pretty well by Sister Mary Joseph’s ruler! :)
Guess all those years taking algebra/calculas/trig/geometry were wasted......LOLOLOLOLOL
What many of these people who think the answer is 288 don’t understand is that 2(9+3) = (2x9 +2x3) = (18+6) = (24).
Therefore it is obvious to anyone who knows the fundamentals of solving an equation that the answer must be 2.
They even acknowledge that the parentheses needs to be solved first, but somehow don’t understand or won’t admit that solving the parentheses yields an answer of 24.
They ignore the distributive rule.
If the problem was 48/2 x (9+3), 288 would be the correct solution, but that is not the problem.