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Gearatio Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/23/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not a listed coordinates

Congrats to The Johnson Family on the FTF!

To solve the puzzle and find the cache, do the following: (Keep at least 5 decimal points in your calculations)
1. Determine each gear's gear ratio to gear 'W' (If W spins once how many times does each other gear spin?)
2. Determine each gear's spin direction, Clockwise or Counter Clockwise
3. If a gear is spinning clockwise multiply the gear ratio by '123'
4. If a gear is spinning counter clockwise multiply the gear ratio by '234'
5. Remove the decimal portion of each number
6. Use the results to determine the coordinates in:

N [2nd Digit of L][C+J-K]_[2nd Digit of B+E-D][M+1st Digit of F].[1st Digit of I][K-C][G-N+1]
W [1st Digit of H][A-(B+1)][D-2nd Digit of H]_[2nd Digit of A][K+C-2nd Digit of B].[J][(F+G)-(I+D)][(B+A)-(L+H)]




Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] Chyyrlf naq Trnef bs gur fnzr pbybe ner gur fnzr fvmr

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)