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G.U. Tempe - MATH 301 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/7/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Welcome to the new university in town - Geo University (G.U.) Tempe. (See “G.U. Tempe – Sparky”) for detailed information about the graduation program that involves 8 other related caches. First graduate AZCachemeister claimed the geocoin with Bedstefader_Skjule finishing just two hours later. Both legendary Tempean geocachers finish their degrees Summa Cum Laude! Follow each syllabus carefully or you’ll miss notes needed for the “G.U. Tempe – Final Exam.”

Syllabus
Math 301

Coordinates are not correct. Do math assignment/puzzle (below) to get coordinates to final cache. Bring writing utensil and paper for notes. This will lead you to a historical place, go inside and see history. There is major construction planned for the future, experience this before it is changed for good. If only these walls could speak of all who have visited and all that has taken place here. FTF will find a lottery ticket. Extreme stealth!

Math Assignment

This is the most difficult cache of the University; you must first solve a few math puzzles to get the proper coordinates. Any cacher who does not like their name in the following puzzle, it can be removed.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q Where A = N and I = W

A local group of cachers wants to buy a brand new Garmin 60CS GPS. Cute_Kitty has 3 times as much money as JonnyQuester. JonnyQuester has half of what Black_Cat has. Black_Cat has 7 times as much as X_MarkstheSpot. X_MarkstheSpot has $1.50. How many dollars do they have all together? ___B ___C

The Geocoin Fairy flew to 3 states. At the first state TGF placed 18 coins. At the second state TGF placed 14 more than the first state. In the third state TGF placed 11 les than the first stop. How many coins did The Geocoin Fairy place in all 3 states? ____E ____F

Before meeting each other, AZCachemeister had already found quite a few caches. His soon-to-be-wife, AZGeckoGirl, had found 35 caches. After AZCachemeister found 5 more caches, he found twice as many caches as AZGeckoGirl. How many caches did AZCachmeister have at first? ____G ____H

Bedstefader_skjule has to hike up a curvy mountain trail to a cache that is 25 feet up. The trail takes him up 8 feet and then curves down 3 feet every minute. How many minutes will it take Bedstefader_skjule to reach the cache? ____ M

Trizumi has to find 32 new caches to keep his position in the cache stats. He found 19 in the morning and 7 after lunch. How many more caches does he have to find? ___ N

Black_Cat went caching for a weekend in Palm Springs. On Friday she found 36 caches, on Saturday she found 57 caches. Her goal is to find 18 more before heading home on Sunday. How many caches will she be able to log as finds? ___J ____K ____L

Two cachers got together and were selling a new geocoin at a geocaching event. Haughton’s Hunters sold 2/3 of the coins the first hour. Jake – Team A.I. sold 1/6 of the coins the second hour. They sold 205 coins altogether. How many geocoins did they have left to sell? ___O ____P

Graldrich placed 23 caches in Maricopa. 9 were regular caches, 6 were multi-caches, 3 were puzzle caches, and the rest were earthcaches. How many earthcaches did he place? ____Q

Team Evil Fish had an “I’m Hungry” geocaching event at a local restaurant. The eating establishment had an area that seats 27. And another connecting area that seated double that amount. 83 cachers came to the event. How many people did not get a seat? ____ D

This idea was taken from a series of caches by Photom, called G.U.L.Y. (Geo University at Lake Yosemite).

Happy BD Black_Cat!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f fnsr.

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)