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GC3J2XJ ▼

A cache by wildernessben Message this owner

Hidden : 4/27/2012

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located in the JMU Arboretum area. Please only search for this cache during daylight hours. You will be fined if you are searching after dark.

Cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it is a good place to park.

The Story:

Wildernessben was sitting at the kitchen table filling out his income tax forms with his faithful geo-dog laying below the table. He was on form GC-38-(N)-078-(W), more commenly known as "Geocaching Deductions & Adjustments" when all of a sudden bubbles filled the kitchen from the newly installed dishwasher. After cleaning up the mess, he noticed that his mathmatical calculations were badly blurred and practically unreadable. Worse, all his receipts had been eaten by his faithful geo-dog.

He was able to see that the calculation had two parts: first a two-digit number was multiplied by a one-digit number with a two-digit result. Then a two-digit number was added to give a two-digit result. The last thing that he remembered was that he only used numbers 1-9 and no number was repeated. Please help Wildernessben out so that he can claim all his geocaching deductions on his income taxes and he doesn't have to pay for the extended deadline once again.

The Problem:

A B

x C

D E

+ F G

H J

The Final Cache:

N 38 F (E-J) . D B G W 078 (F+J) A . H (C+G) A

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

P.S. Any resemblance to persons living, dead, or otherwise should be plainly apparent to them and those who know them. All events described herein actually happened, may have happened, or never happened at all, and on occasion the author has taken certain, very small, liberties with stretching the truth, because that is his right as an American taxpayer. No geo-dogs were harmed in the writing of this story, or in the retrieval of swallowed tax receipts.

Additional Hints ()

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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)