Hi,

Five years from now, Michael's grandmother will be 

seven times as old as Michael was two years ago.

their combined present ages is 61

Let x and (61-x) represent the grandmother's and Michael's ages NOW respectively

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Solving for x

   8x = 408

    x = 51, grandmother's age now.   and Michael is NOW 10

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