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WLMPT - New Math Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/16/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


*** The cache is not located at the coordinates above. ***

WLMPT - World's Longest Mystery Power Trail is a collaborative series of caches started by CinciChewbacca. The goal is to form the world's longest line of mystery caches. Feel free to contribute by creating a puzzle with starting/false West coordinates of W 84 18.000. We hope that a diverse collection of puzzles will give people something to do in this time of distress. Happy puzzle caching!

Having helped my kids with some of their school work, I can only imagine what it must have been like when parents in the 60's and 70's learned their kids were being taught "New Math".  First the parents had to figure out the solution, then they had to figure out how to get the solution the new way.  It must have felt like the teacher was playing word games with math.  As Mr. Incredible says, "Math is Math!", right?

Well, here is some new math for you.  Assume N39 and W084:

North 4-2= 60-4= 6-1= 15-12= 12-7=
West 8-7= 13-9= 16-2= 9-1= 16-3=

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] gb trg lbh fgnegrq ryrira rdhnyf avar [puzzle] gjb pbairefvbaf ner arrqrq - svefg, fcryy rnpu ahzore 6 orpbzrf fvk [puzzle] frpbaq pbairefvba onfrq ba cbchyne jbeq tnzr [puzzle] svanyyl qb gur zngu

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)