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Originally Posted by Bill Verburg

the hierarchy for the order of the arithmetic operations in 48÷2(9+3)
is
1) exponents which are all 1 so do nothing to simplify the expression
2) add inside parenthesis 48÷2(12)
3) multiply & divide from left to right 24(12) => 288
ans 288

Right, but according to the other guy.....

1. Exponents
2. Stuff inside parentheses
3. Stuff right next to but outside parentheses
4. Multiplication from left to right except the stuff in rule 3 that's stuck to the outside of the parentheses
5. Addition

According to him (not me)...

48÷2(12)-->48÷24=2

What I find so surprising is that the ratio in the poll keeps going farther and farther towards the wrong answer.