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Hidden : 4/17/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Remember your high school math class? The standard comment was, "When are we ever going to use that?" Well, here is your chance.



The cache is located at N 39° ab.cde W 119° fg.hij where each letter is the solution to one of the problems below.
Note - If the answer to the problem is more than one digit, add the digits together until you get a single digit. For example, if the answer is 72 then you would add the 7 and 2 to get 9. An answer of 385 would be 3 + 8 + 5 = 16 and 1 + 6 = 7.

If there is a positive and a negative answer to a problem, use the positive answer.

The ^ symbol is exponentiation ( x^2 = x squared).

2a + 34 = 38

3b^2 - 5 = 22

3c^2 + 5c - 42 = 0

d = convert 59° Fahrenheit to Centigrade

e = A box has a volume of 120 cubic meters. If the length is 8 and the width is 5, what is the height?

f = A sphere has volume of approximately 268.08 cubic centimeters, what is its radius?

If 3g + 4y^2 = 37 and y = -2 then what is g?

h = How long is a rectangular park that is 80 yards wide if it takes 1040 yards of fence to enclose it?

i = 32^0

j = Brandon and Shanda walk to grandma's house at a rate of 4 mph. They ride their bikes home at a rate of 8 mph over the same route that they walked. It takes them an hour longer to walk than ride. How long did it take them to walk to grandma's?


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nabgure "Gung fcbg arrqf n pnpur" xvaq bs cynpr. Va gur ebpxf. Cnex n srj uhaqerq lneqf hc gur qveg ebnq (AB 49 Pbhagl Ebnq). Gur choyvfurq pnpur pbbeqvangrf znex gur fcbg jurer gur ebnq yrnirf gur uvtujnl.

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)