Question 1009173
Call their ages NOW, b and f.  We have
b = .25f  or 4b = f
Then we have, in 8 years,
b+8 + f+8 = 61
Substituting we have
b + 8 + 4b + 8 = 61
5b + 16 = 61
5b = 45
b = 9
f = 36 years old