Bryan took a look at his books and magazines. If he has w books and x magazines in each of his y bookshelves How many magazines does he have in total?
First, we need to find out how many bookshelves Bryan has. We know that he has w books and x magazines in each of his y bookshelves. This means that he must have w + xy bookshelves in total. 

Now, we need to find out how many magazines Bryan has in total. To do this, we need to multiply the number of magazines in each bookshelf by the total number of bookshelves. We know that Bryan has x magazines in each bookshelf, and we know that he has w + xy bookshelves in total. This means that he must have x(w + xy) magazines in total. 

Therefore, the answer (symbolic expression) is: 

x(w + xy)