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ASH # 14 - School Series - School Shopping Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/25/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the above coordinates.

Please be sure to place cache back where you found it.

This cache is part of my School Series caches. This cache was placed to honor all the efforts kids and their parents put into preparing for the start of the school year.

In order to find this cache, you must solve the following equations to figure out the coordinates to the cache.

N 28 A.BC
W 082 DE.FGH

To find (A) – Find the year that the first Aeropostale store opened. Take the last digit and add 4. Use this as the answer.

To find (B) – Find the number of stores that Hot Topic has and take the last digit and add 2. Use this as the answer.

To find (C) – Find the year that Hollister was founded. Drop the last two digits and use the first two digits as the answer.

To find (D) – Find the year that JCPenney was founded. Take the last digit as your answer.

To find (E) – Find the year that Macy’s Inc was founded. Take the tens digit and subtract 5. Use this as your answer.

To find (F) – Find the year that Dillard’s was founded. Take the last digit and Use this as the answer.

To find (G) – Find the most recent year that the bookstore Barnes & Noble was founded. Use the tens digit as the answer.

To find (H) – Find the year that American Eagle was founded. Take the last digit and subtract 2. Use this as the answer.

All answers can be found by using this link: (visit link)

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Please Note: Logs With Spoilers, At Discretion of Owner, Will Be Deleted Without Warning Or Notice!

Congratulations to Lostalot@70 for FTF

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