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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 I RETURNED ON TUESDAY. THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW IS TODAY, FRIDAY. THE DAY AFTER THAT IS SATURDAY, AND FOUR DAYS BEFORE SATURDAY IS TUESDAY 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? 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