Question 991134
you should use * to indicate multiplication rather than x.
this avoids confusion between a variable called x and the multiplication symbol.


your expression is 3*6 + 3*2 + 4


without parentheses this becomes 18 + 6 + 4 which is equal to 28.


place the parentheses as shown below and it will be equal to 48 as desired.


3 * (6 + 3*2 + 4)


the expression inside the parentheses becomes:


6 + 6 + 4 which becomes 12 + 4 which becomes 16.


3 * 16 = 48.