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Problem
An artist has an extraordinary working rhythm. He works for hours very intensively on his art, and then he sleeps for hours before starting to work again. Suppose that he starts working at midnight in the night from July to August. Which day of August is the first day after August on which the artist is working the same number of hours as on August?
Solution
August
Final answer
7 August
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