Mathematical Beauty N 55.57.311 W 03.12.333 The cache is not located at this location but is within 250m of where you are standing. You should be outside the former home of James Clerk Maxwell. In homage to Scotland’s greatest mathematician who lived on India Street this cache is intended to stretch your mathematical brain cells. If you last did some maths at school sharpen your pencils. For those of you more conversant in the beauty of numbers enjoy the excursion. To learn more about James Clerk Maxwell click this link. http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/ The young James Clerk Maxwell attended The Edinburgh Academy and had to walk home up India Street . He must have loved the climb but how steep is it? The top of the steps at the bottom of India Street are 33m above sea level and the letter box at the top of India Street is 47m above see level. • What is the average gradient, in degrees, of India Street to one significant figure =A • What number is the house on India Street where James Clerk Maxwell lived =B • B is the product of two prime numbers =C and D where C less than D • Behind which fanlight does the stuffed bird live on India Street=E . This may have gone fly about so you want number 100100• How many steps down from India Street to North West Circus place =F Cache located N 55.57.alpha W 03.12.beta Alpha=(((E-A)x(F-D))-B)/2 Beta =((((E-C)xF)/A)+B)-D
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You do not need to enter any private cellar areas, paths or gardens to retrieve the cache. Please be careful crossing the roads. Look out for traffic wardens during the week. They show no mercy.If you find a key safe please leave it where you found it as unrelated to this cache.