An Everyday Application of High School Physics Mystery Cache
An Everyday Application of High School Physics
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On order to find this cache, you'll have to do a series of high school level physics problems to determine the co-ordinates. I know difficulty 5 seems quite high, but really it's easy if you look it up online and have a basic knowledge of math. Shouldn't take you that long to figure out once you know what you're doing.
The first 4 are all related to one another on each other, the last one is a random fact you'll have to Google.
The actual cache is a 1.5/1.5. difficulty rating is for the puzzle.
Cache can be found at:
N 43 aa.bcc
W 080 dd.eee
aa.
Phineas and Ferb come by for a cold drink after work, but as they work as phsyicists at the local university, they only speak in Kelvins. Ferb says "Boy, was it cold today! It's May, and it was only 285.15K"
Convert from Kelvins to Celcius. _ _ C = aa
b.
"You know" said Ferb, "it was only 276.15K in Newfoundland. You think it's cold here, you should fly there!"
Convert from Kelvins to Celcius. _ C = b
cc.
"Wow" you exclaim. "It's been cold everywhere! Why, it was only 17.8 C in Phoenix, Arizona. what's going on with the world?"
Convert from celcius to fahrenheit. _ _ = cc
_ _ =cc
dd.
"What is the world coming to?" asked Ferb. "In Tenessee, parts of the area are still under over 120 inches of water!"
Convert from inches into feet. _ _ feet = dd
eee.
"Yikes" says Phineas. "I have an idea! Maybe the reason the Earth is so wierd right now is because there's too much technetium. After all, it has the lowest atomic number of any element that does not possess stable isotopes. "
What is the atomic number of technetium?
0 _ _ = eee
Once everyone finishes their drinks, Phineas and Ferb head home to begin more research for their next physics-related problem. :)
Good luck and feel free to contact me if you need help.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fhz bs nn = 3
fhz bs o = 3
fhz bs pp = 10
fhz bs qq = 1
fhz bs rr = 7
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Gur ahzore gjb uhaqerq friragl guerr cbvag bar svir jvyy uryc lbh.
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