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B _ R T H D _ Y Clue
THE STUDENT IS DOUBLE COUNTING A LOT OF THE DAYS. A LOT OF THE TIME SPENT SLEEPING, EATING, AND RELAXING OCCURS DURING WEEKENDS AND THE SUMMER. WEEKENDS ALSO OCCUR DURING THE SUMMER, SO ALL OF THESE HOURS ARE GETTING COUNTED SEVERAL TIMES. AND, SCHOOL IS NOT AN ALL DAY AFFAIR. SO THE 4 DAYS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL. IF SCHOOL IS 6 HOURS PER DAY, THOSE FOUR DAYS REPRESENTS 16 DAYS OF SCHOOL THE QUESTION IS: WOULD YOUR BROTHER SAY THAT YOU TELL THE TRUTH? THE SOLUTION IS TO FIND A QUESTION THAT THE TWO BROTHERS WOULD ANSWER DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT DIFFERENCE WOULD THEREFORE IDENTIFY THE TWO FROM EACH OTHER. FOR THIS CASE, THE LYING BROTHER WOULD ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTION "YES." THE TRUTHFUL BROTHER WOULD ANSWER THE SAME QUESTION "NO." ANOTHER POSSIBLE QUESTION IS: ARE YOU TWINS? THURSDAY. THE KEY IS TO REALIZE THAT "NOW" MUST BE FRIDAY. IN THE PHRASE "TWO DAYS FROM NOW WILL BE SUNDAY," YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW MUST BE FRIDAY, SINCE TWO DAYS FROM FRIDAY IS SUNDAY. NOW LOOK AT THE PHRASE "THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY." YESTERDAY IS THURSDAY SINCE NOW (TODAY) IS FRIDAY. "THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY" IS WEDNESDAY, AND THE "DAY THAT FOLLOWS THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY" IS THURSDAY CHRIS WAS BORN ON 28-FEB AT 11:59 PM. LEON WAS BORN ON 1-MAR AT 12:01 AM. ON LEAP YEARS, LEON WILL CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY TWO DAYS AFTER HIS BROTHER'S BIRTHDAY