Not sure if this is correct or not but my answer is 48 These were my steps: 2(6+(12divided(3+1)-1 2x6=12. 3+1=4 4-1=3 12divided by 3 =4 So now all we have are 12 from (6x2) and 4 from 12div. By3 Then we multiply 12 with the 4 which =48 Hope that helped and made sense.