Michael is 4 times as old as Brandon and is also 27 years older than Brandon.

Let's represent Brandon's age by x and Michael is 4 times as old as Brandon so 4x andx + 27. The equation is

4x=x+27 Therefore Brandon is 9 years old.

4x-x=x-x+27 4x=4*9=36

3x=27 x+27=9+27=36

3x/3=27/3

x=9

M=4b

m=27+b

subsitute

4b=27+b

minus b

3b=27

divide 3

b=9

sub back

4b=m

4 (9) = m

36=m

michel=36 and brandon is 9