GC1FR6Y The Decibet (Unknown Cache) in North Carolina, United States created by frankensteiner

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A cache by frankensteiner Message this owner

Hidden : 8/30/2008

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. DON'T GO SWIMMING!!!

Back in the mid 70’s during the push to convert the US to the metric system there was a little known effort to also convert our alphabet to the metric system. This new alphabet, known as the decibet (“deci” meaning 10 and “bet” from our alphabet), would have condensed the 26 letters down to 10. Fortunately it didn’t catch on and you will soon find out why it was doomed to failure.

The puzzle below consists of a few questions pertaining to the metric system as well as a few other random trivia questions written using the decibet. The decibet is as follows:

A, B, C, and D (the most popular letters) remained unchanged.
E and F were combined and simplified to make one character.
G, H and I were also similarly combined.
J and K remained unchanged.
L, M, N, and O were combined, a change that would have been unnoticed by those who pronounce them as one letter during the ABC song anyway.
The so called “trash letters” P-Z were combined in to one easily recognizable dark character.
And there you have it. 10 letters. The 2 colors don’t mean anything special. They are only there to show separate words since it can be rather hard to follow until you get used to it.

Once you answer the questions, the coordinates of the cache are:
N 35° 5A.BCD W 078° 5E.FGH
AB=(I+X)/XI
C=IX^I
D=(II/III)+IX
E=VIII/VII
F=VI*V
G=(V-IX)*IV
H=XI/III

This cache was inspired by a SNL skit featuring Dan Aykroyd in which he played the character Mr. Joseph Franklin of the U.S. Council of Standards and Measures and introduced the decibet. Good Luck!

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Congratulations to herbert616 for the FTF!

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