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Groundskeeper Willie Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/26/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Groundskeeper Willie is the groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School and lives in squalor in a shack on the school grounds. He is a Scotsman with an aggressive temper.


***Cache not at posted coordinates!!***

But it is at N 49 51.ABC W 097 09.DEF

Wilie needs to do some calculations before the work day begins to find the container Bart hid his keys in.


North

Determine the forces working against Willie's tractor when its mass is 6000 kg when it is not operating using the diagram below.

F = _ _ . _ (_ - 1 = A)

R = _ _ . _ (_ - 3 = B)

W = _ _ . _ (_ = C)


willie
West

Willie uses a bigger tractor with a mass of 10000kg on a slope of 20 degrees in pull condition. The distance between the front and rear axis is 4 m and the overall force of gravity for the tractor is located 1.5 m from the rear axis and 1 m from the ground. The drawbar is 60 cm from the ground. What is the force of gravity, normal force and pull force for the tractor?

FG = _ _ . _            (_ = D)

FN = _ _ . _                 (_+7 = E)

P = _ _ _ . _                 (_ = F)


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nafjref va xA.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)