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

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here it is worked out. brandon is b and michael is m.
Michael is four times as old as Brandon and is also 27 years older than Brandon how-example-1
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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

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