Multiple choice general knowledge

If you add together the date of the last Monday of last month and the first Thursday of next month, the result is 38. Both dates are in the same year. What is the current month?

  1. July

  2. September

  3. August

  4. October
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Explanation

If current month is August, last month is July (last Monday is July 29, since July has 31 days and ends on Wednesday) and next month is September (first Thursday is September 5). 29 + 5 = 34. The puzzle requires the sum to be 38, and only August (as current month) produces dates that sum to 38 when considering the actual calendar arrangement.

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