The 2 is not a separate part of the equation of 9+3. If it is then it needs a separate bracket grouping it with the 48.
The 2 acts on the the number in the parentheses therefore it has to be solved for first.

If I were to put a square root in front of the parentheses
or any other number/variable, it would mean take this and to it to everything in this equation. That doesn't disappear here.

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>>Since parentheses are acted on first, you need to solve that
>>part of the equation first whether you use PEMDAS or
>anything
>>else for that fact.
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>The only part of the parenthesis that's acted on first is the
>expression WITHIN the parenthesis. The distributive property
>by definition is a form of multiplication therefore it
>wouldn't come before the division.
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