SOLUTION: MARY IS 8 YEARS OLD. HER FATHER SAM IS 44 YEARS OLD. THE TOTAL OF BOTH THEIR AGE IS 1/4 OF MARY'S AGE IN HOW MAY YEARS?

Question 1138617: MARY IS 8 YEARS OLD. HER FATHER SAM IS 44 YEARS OLD. THE TOTAL OF BOTH THEIR AGE IS 1/4 OF MARY'S AGE IN HOW MAY YEARS?
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MARY IS 8 YEARS OLD. HER FATHER SAM IS 44 YEARS OLD. THE TOTAL OF BOTH THEIR AGE IS 1/4 OF MARY'S AGE IN HOW MAY YEARS?

First: NO CAPS!
Second: How can the SUM of their ages be of the SMALLER age? Doesn't make any SENSE at all!
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