The phrase more than indicates that we should add two things.
... +...
The two terms we are adding together are 9 and the product of two other numbers. Since the order of operations tells us that multiplication must be performed before addition, we can put the 9 on the right-hand side of the expression and focus on the product.
...+ 9
A product is the result of multiplication. The two numbers being multiplied are 51 and t.
51 * t ⇔ 51t
Usually, when multiplying a number and a variable, we can omit the multiplication sign. Instead we write the constant as a coefficient to the variable. Finally, let's bring together our two terms to form the final expression.
&9more thanthe product of51andt
& 51t + 9
Note that there are multiple correct ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.
