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Symbology VIII: Go Figure Mystery Cache

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This entry was edited by fishiam on Saturday, 01 October 2011 at 15:40:55 UTC.

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Hidden : 3/6/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Some are easy, some ... not so easy.

A) How many squares can be formed - to be a countable square there must be a dot at each of the four corners of the square (rectangles don't count)
B) How many triangles are in the figure?
C) How many circles are in the figure?
D) How many regular hexagons are in the figure?
E) Given the fixed position of the two balls, what is the maximum number of balls that be placed in the grid such that there are never three or more balls in any horizontal, vertical or diagonal line (thus, for example you can't place a ball in the lower left corner as there would be three balls in the long diagonal)? Include the two fixed balls in your total.
F) The rules for this one have changed from the original. How many ways can you spell RADAR? You may go in any direction, reuse letters within a word and go clockwise and counterclockwise to count a spelling using the same five letters twice. You may not, however, jump over letters. Your answer should be greater than 70.

Cache is at N 47 39.YYY W 122 17.ZZZ where:

YYY = 4*A + 3*B + 2*C
ZZZ = 9*D + 6*E + 9*(F-20)

Congratulations to mudder91 for FTS and to Fish Soup for FTF and alciato for a little clarifying help with F!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N: gel gvygvat guvatf (guvf vf gur uneqrfg bar) O: gel ovttre gevnatyrf P: gel pybfvat bar rlr Q: gel ovttre urkntbaf R: ab hfrshy uvagf ba guvf bar S: jbex bhg nyy cbffvoyr fgnegvat sebz bar E, gura zhygvcyl ol sbhe.

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)