Because BRACKETS - ab=(axb) BY DEFINITION
“Parentheses must be introduced”!
But you understand E=mc^2^ does not mean E=(mxc)^2^.
This is you acknowledging that distribution and juxtaposition are only multiplication - and only precede other multiplication.
In your chosen Introduction To Algebra, Chrystal 1817, on page 80 (page 100 of the PDF you used), under Exercises XII, question 24 reads (x+1)(x-1)+2(x+2)(x+3)=3(x+1)^2^. The answer on page 433 of the PDF reads -2. If 3(x+1)^2^ worked the way you pretend it does, that would mean 3=9.