[Dead Corpse]

Re-write it as 48*1/2*1/12 and do the math again. 2(12) is the number 48 is being divided by. If the equation was written 48/2x, would we still be arguing about this?

Scratch that, this is the Internet.... We have nothing else to do.

[grateful]

Once again, order of operations. You do division/multiplication from left to right when the problem contains both because they are of equal weight.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol7/order_operations.html

Check out example 3 and then let me know if you still argue the answer is 2.