The mayor
The mayor wanted to have the streets of an entire large neighbourhood cleaned. The cleaning would take 8 hours with an older type of vehicle, and 6 hours with a newer type. The vehicles started at once, but to make the cleaning process as quick as possible, an additional older vehicle was added after two hours. At what time did the cleaning end if the first vehicle left at 7:00 AM?
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