lucy's birth year + mother's birth year + lucy's age + mother's age
Since their birthdays occurred in January, and it is now March...
lucy's age = 2015 - lucy's birth year
mother's age = 2015 - mother's birth year
Substitute these values in for lucy's age and mother's age.
= lucy's birth year + mother's birth year + (2015 - lucy's birth year) + (2015 - mother's birth year)
= lucy's birth year + mother's birth year + 2015 - lucy's birth year + 2015 - mother's birth year
= 2015 + 2015
= 4030