[Dead Corpse]

In order for that to hold remotely true, you should be able to turn it around...

(48/(9+3))*2. 8 huh?

The only way it makes sense forwards and backwards, a true test of math logic, it needs to be 48*1/2*1/(9+3). Or 2.

[spunkets]

"In order for that to hold remotely true, you should be able to turn it around..."

Yes, the above fators I showed commute. Division does not commute, so the proper multiplicative inverses must be used as factors. Then, of course the factors commute.

"(48/(9+3))*2. 8 huh?

No.
48*0.5*12 = 12*0.5*48 = 0.5*48*12 = 12*48*0.5