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+1. (Rules are rules!)

It all depends on where you connect the 2: is it connected to the 48, or the (9+3).

So -- is it:

(48 ÷ 2) * (9+3) or 48 ÷ (2*(9+3)) ??

Order of operations comes into play here.

Also -- if one rewrites the expression, substituting " ÷ 2 " with "* 0.5" the answer seems clear to me:
48 * 0.5 * (9+3)

-Z-man.

IMHO, the answer is 288.
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