A small Micro cache that is SO easy I was afraid your brains would turn to mush with out some mental challenge.
Anyone remember a little Geometry?
The cache is not at the listed coordinates, if you haven't guessed already.
If I had to re-learn all this stuff helping the little Funky Monkeys do math homework than so can you!
You can walk from here to the final location. So lets get going.
Latitude
FIRST:
Starting with the listed coordinates,
Subtract the answer of this....
If the the Hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 and one side is 8, what is the length of the third side?
From .... the middle digit of the decimal portion of the cache latitude.
Hint => from this number 499 "I'm trying to help here"
SECOND:
Subtract ( you know.. Take away) this value
"If side "A" of an equilateral triangle is 2, the length of side to the left of side "A".
from the last digit of the decimal portion of the ORIGINAL cache latitude, (Hmm, still might be 499... but I've said too much)
Longitude
Concatenate, (thats "&" for you Excel users) the following three numbers in order, like XYZ,
X
From where you are standing, count the number of rows of support columns on the railroad (Choo, Choo) bridge just east of you (your on your own here), and divide by the number of sides of an Isosceles triangle to find (X)
Y
The number of sides on a Square for (Y)
Z
And the number of sides on an Octagon (Ok, a Stop sign shape) for (Z).
and add to the decimal portion of the Longitude, which in this case is 849 (I'm almost GIVING it away).
SO:
8 4 9
+X Y Z
Oh quit complaining, it's not like you have to use Square roots or the Pythagorean theory to solve this. :-)
Look at your answer.... do the new coords appear to be somewhere so close you can WALK???
If not try again, no more emails saying you walked to 11 mile rd. because you can't add and subtract. hee hee
Personally I keep a calculator in my Geocaching bag.... Or let my kids do the math.
Good Luck!