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Negative Numbers · Superchallenge problem

At midnight the temperature is 12∘12^\circC. During the first hour it drops 11 degree, during the second hour it drops 22 degrees, during the third hour 33 degrees, and so on, each hour dropping 11 degree more than the hour before. At the end of which hour is the temperature below −20∘-20^\circC for the first time?