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Yes, that's right. Brackets before Exponents, as per the order of operations rules.
You know that's literally what The Distributive Law says you must do, right? Unless you have a source somewhere saying there's an exception?
Apparently you didn't bother reading any of the links I gave you, so here's one of the many textbooks which says you must distribute...
In case that's unclear, that means that 2x² and 2(x)² aren't the same thing (since 2(x)=(2x) by definition).
You know Wolfram disobeys The Distributive Law, right? I know I'm not the only one who knows this. Is that why you're insisting your way is right? Cos they're known to be wrong about this.
You call quoting Maths textbooks "bullshiting"?