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Explaining Formula Translations in Training

You are training a new inventory clerk who is learning to read the documentation for the company's warehouse management system. The manual describes a holding cost metric as "the sum of 17y2{}17y^2 and 19{}19". Write a brief explanation for the new clerk detailing how to translate this English phrase into an algebraic expression. In your response, clearly state the mathematical operation indicated by the word "sum," explain how the words "of" and "and" identify the parts of the expression, and state the final translated algebraic expression.

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