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Mathnet Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A challenging word problem puzzle cache.

DO NOT go to above coordinates. They are nearby but not at GZ. You will need to solve these math problems to get the coordinates.Good luck. Cache size is a micro. N28 38.??? W081 27.???

Ten years ago Tommy's mother was four times older than her son. After ten years the mother will be two times older than the son. What is the present age of Tommy? SUBTRACT 2 FROM YOUR ANSWER FOR FIRST TWO NUMBERS OF NORTH COORDS. Joe is twice as good a workman as George. Together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will Joe alone finish the work? DIVIDE ANSWER BY 3 TO GET FINAL NUMBER OF NORTH COORDS. If you have 2 blocks of clay in cube form and the edges are 10cm how many spheres with a radius of 5cm can you make with that amount of clay? ANSWER WILL BE THE FIRST NUMBER OF THE WEST COORDS. A person attends a horse race and instead of counting the number of humans and horses. He instead counted 74 heads and 196 legs. Yet he knew the number of humans and horses there. How many humans and horses are there? FOR THE ANSWER TAKE THE NUMBER OF HUMANS YOU GET AND ADD 12 TO IT TO GET THE FINAL WEST COORDS.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)