Michael and tom are brothers. their combined age is 20, and tom is 4 years older than michael. what are michael and tom’s ages?

Micheal is 8, and Tom is 12 years old.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, we can set each of their ages as a variable. Let's say Michael's age is x.

We know Tom is 4 years older than Michael, so Tom's age is x+4.

We also know that their combined age is 20, so if we add both of their ages, we should get 20.

Solving;

So Michael's age is 8, and Tom is 12.