Bryan took a look at his books and magazines. If he has 9 books and 46 magazines in each of his 10 bookshelves how many magazines does he have in total?
Let's denote the number of bookshelves by n. Then Bryan has n bookshelves. 

In each bookshelf he has 9 books and 46 magazines. 

Therefore he has 9*n books and 46*n magazines in total. 

Therefore the answer (numeric) is: 

9*n + 46*n = 9*10 + 46*10 = 9*100 + 46*100 = 900 + 4600 = 5500