Question

Michael is four times as old as Brandon and is also 27 years older than Brandon how old is Michael ?

Answer 1

here it is worked out. brandon is b and michael is m.

Answer 2

Let Brandon's age be x years

Let Michael's age be 4x years

4x - x = 27 , 3x = 27 , x = 9 years

Brandon is 9 years

Michael is (9 × 4) = 36 years