[Ellie May]

Ok sooo for the quadratic we can have a really long numerator that I don't want to retype over 2(a). In this case we are expected to multiply 2 by a. But then in this other problem we don't multiple 2 by 12 because the () just disappear? I can see how both ways could be right. It's just that by closeness to teh () I woule automatically multiply 2(12). There is no clear way to tell if the 12 is prat of the denominator or if it is not part of the division problem at all. Brackets or not, the 2 touching the () tells me to multiply by what is in the () and I have to clear () first.