Question 952016
Let anything that you don't know into a variable

So Rick's age could be x

Kathy age is 32 Which is 8 less than 4 times rick's age


32 = 8 less than 4 times x is 
32=4x-8

add 8 to both sides

40=4x

Divide by 4

10=x

So Rick is 10 years old.