Cryptarithm Mystery Cache
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A cryptarithm is a type of mathematical puzzle in which most or all of the digits in a mathematical expression are substituted by letters or other symbols. The objective of the puzzle is to break the code used. That is, to replace each letter of the cryptarithm by a numeral so that the resulting mathematical expression is true.
Cryptarithm was originally called crypt-arithmetic, a word used by M. Vatriquant ( pseudonym Minos), in the May 1931 issue of Sphinx, a Belgian magazine of recreational mathematics published in French. Later, this word has been shortened to cryptarithm. In 1955, J. A. H. Hunter introduced the word alphametic to designate a cryptarithm whose letters form meaningful words or phrases.
Using the logical steps of arithmetic, find the number that each letter represents to form an accurate long-division problem. When completed, read the letters in order from 0 to 9 to spell a 10-letter word or phrase that is related to geocaching.
[HINT: A good way to begin is to look for 0 and 1. Zero can usually be found where a letter is subtracted from itself (M-M=K; 6-6=0). The number 1 is revealed when the divisor appears above a dividing line in the long-division problem, because any number multiplied by 1 will be itself.]
Once you have obtained the words or phrases, substitute the corresponding number for the corresponding letter for each coordinate.
North MB NM.BSM
West RTE VE.GTA
Cache is NOT ACCESSABLE from Ring Road!!
All good cachers will always carry a writing implement and also replace the cache "exactly" where they found it!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nqqvgvbany uvag vf gb hfr gur "ybtvpf" va gur pbbeqvangr inyhrf.