MPPCC#3: My Math Book Has Problems Mystery Cache
deepdish23: This series had a good run, time to move on and open up the area to new caches. Thanks to everyone who has found the caches.
MPPCC#3: My Math Book Has Problems
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Welcome to The Mayeski Park Puzzle Cache Challenge. This challenge consists of six caches located somewhere in Mayeski Park. To find the coordinates to the caches, a puzzle has to be solved. These puzzles are typical puzzles used in Unknown caches. They are: Cipher, Internet Lookup, Math, Word or Number Puzzle, Hidden Message, and Gathering information from other caches.
Math problems. You either love them or hate them. In this area of Maryland, there are several great math problem caches put out by tomulus. Some of them can be located at Piney Run Park or Liberty Reservoir. This cache was inspired by those puzzles caches.
Please solve the following math problem. Triangle ABC is formed by the given coordinates of MPPCC#1, Point A, the given coordinates of this puzzle, Point B, and the solved coordinates of this puzzle, Point C. Given this information and that <A=52.582098° and <B=75.325544°, find the coordinates to Point C, which is where the cache is located. If you haven’t used it already, FizzyCalc is a great tool for working out coordinate math. I would recommend it.
Mayeski Park is open from sunup to sundown. The parking coordinates are listed below. The trailhead can be seen from the parking area. The trails are unpaved and can be muddy after it rains. As with all forest hides, the typical obstacles are present, poison plants, ticks, large spider webs. The coordinates were taken under heavy tree cover and some of the coordinates had to be calibrated several times until a reasonable set of coordinates were generated, so they may not be 100% accurate. Each puzzle hide has either a hint listed below or in the puzzle that will help you limit your search when you approach ground zero. None of the hides are meant to be high difficulty.
This cache is a little farther off the trail than the others.
This cache contains the value for Letter C needed to solve GC3RKP3
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
I have added a little leeway in the coordinate checker. If you keep the values expanded as far as possible, the final coordinates will be exact.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va ynetr ubyybjrq gerr fghzc.