Question

In a contest , 2 participants were asked about their age . To test the strength of their math , they are asked to add their ages together. One answer 44 and the other gives 1280. The first obtained from the parse age with one another , while the second can multiply both their age . How old are they ?

Answer 1

If I interpreted the rather garbled English, you want x and y where

x+y = 44
xy = 1280