All you need to do is use the formula which is A = b x h. So, to solve, you just need to multiply 9 by 31 and I think that equals x. I'm not going to give you the answer because I want to see if you can solve it out yourself.
Update: I think I did the formula wrong. I think it's the user above who put the correct formula. Yeah, so I think you just add 9 and 31.
The top two answers are equivalent, while the bottom one is not. You would use distributive property in the parentheses. If both expressions are the same, they are equivalent