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Here's your sine! Mystery Cache

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Team Bagley: Thanks for playing, but it's time to put it to rest!

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Hidden : 10/29/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Puzzle cache dedicated to the wonderful world of geo-metry! Cache is within two miles of posted coords.

Go ahead and dust off your slide rule, change the batteries in your TI-81 and get to some drawing and figuring!

1.       Posted coords are for the city of Acworth sign. This point will represent one point of the triangle. Let's call this A.

 

2.      The second Acworth sign is exactly 1451 meters from the first sign. (See the picture. You'll have to find it yourself.) Let's call this B.

 

3.      Directly across from point A is a line from point B to point C. Let's call this line the hypotenuse, line BC.

 

4.      The two lines from both signs converge at the point C. This point equals sine 31.065°.

 

5.      The bearing from A to C is 49.762°.

 

6.      The cache should be here, but it's not. The terrain was just too easy. Move 949' from point C at 288.089°.

 

Soh get busy and find the cache! If you're lucky, then you may just be the King (or Queen) of geometry! Good Luck!
Some PT's for the FTF, STF and TTF! Please take a PT and don't worry about leaving anything. BYOP

Congrats to gatraveler for FTF!


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zl nqivpr: lbh fubhyq unir cnvq zber nggragvba va fpubby! Pnpur vf n ynetr cvyy obggyr. Trbpurpxre jvyy irevsl pbbeqf vs lbh'er jvguva 20 zrgref.

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)