Question: Graduate student John Smith and his mother Sally Smith have the same birthday, Feb. 25. On Feb. 25, 2025, John Smith will be exactly half as old as his mother. The sum of the birth years of John Smith and Sally Smith is 3960.
In what year was John Smith born?
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