document.write( "Question 814931: Five years from now, Michael's grandmother will be seven times as old as Michael was two years ago. If their combined present ages is 61. How old is each one now? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Five years from now, Michael's grandmother will be 
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document.write( "seven times as old as Michael was two years ago.
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document.write( "their combined present ages is 61
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document.write( "Let x and (61-x) represent the grandmother's and Michael's ages NOW respectively
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( "   8x = 408
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document.write( "    x = 51, grandmother's age now.   and Michael is NOW 10
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