pemdas is infuriating because its taught in schools that you must follow it from left to right with each one to the left having more priority than the one to the right, despite multiplication/division and Addition/Subtraction having the same priority. Pemdas is made in such a way that people look at it and take it to heart and then people will ALWAYS multiply before dividing, despite division being first int he sequence. This is incorrect, as Division has the same priority as multiplication, so you would do the division before the multiplication, despite M coming before D in Pemdas
Dont even get me started on that other one where division is first because it leads to the same issues.
Here's an explanation of the rules given in PEMDAS:
P as the first letter means you complete any calculations in grouping symbols first.
Next, look for exponents, E. Ignore any other operation, and take any numbers with exponents to their respective powers.
Even though M for multiplication in PEMDAS comes before D for division, these two operations actually have the same priority. Complete only those two operations in the order they occur from left to right.
Even though A for addition is in PEMDAS before S for subtraction, these two operations also have the same priority. You look for these last two operations from left to right and complete them in that order.
following these rules 48/2(9+3) is in fact 288 and not 2, as the answer 2 would imply you where following pemdas and giving M a higher priority than D
