I think the major disconnect here is between those who see a “/” sign and just assume that everything after it is in the denominator of the division expression.
And those who see “/” as a mathematical operation between expressions on either side of it.
The former force implied parentheses into their evaluation.
The latter do not.
That's roughly what I was seeing - the division of two distinct expressions that required simplification before the dividing process needed to take place. Spunkets kind of broke it down a bit for me, got me to see it the other way.
And those who see “/” as a mathematical operation between expressions on either side of it.
The former force implied parentheses into their evaluation.
The latter do not.
I think both sides are forcing an implied parentheses into their evaluation.
The 288 crowd are implying a parenthesis like this:
(48/2)(9+3)
The 2 crowd are implying a parenthesis like this:
48 / [2(9=3)]
The mathematical expression is written ambiguously.