TI-86:
Operation in parantheses first. Division and multiplication have equal precedence, so these operations are carried out left to right, i.e., 48 divided by 2 times 12.
“Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally”
Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.
That’s right. I come up with 288.
However, the order of operations says that brackets take precedence.
Not according to my dear aunt Sally.