Carol's father was 24 years old when Carol was born. Now he is four times as old as carol. How old is carol? Carol's father was 24 years old when Carol was born. Now he is four times as old as carol. How old is carol? I don't know how to approach this question. Thank You and help is appreciated

The first sentence is telling us that the father is older than Carol by $24$ years.

The second sentence is telling us that the father is now older than Carol by three times her age (as his age is four times her age).

Thus, Carol is now $24/3=8$ years old.