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Project Euler 2 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/2/2014
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Acknowledgements


This cache was inspired by Project Euler.

General notes


  • To solve Project Euler puzzles, you will probably have to write a computer program.
  • Many of the containers are small, and contain neither pen nor pencil.
  • There are explicit finding notes in each geochecker.

The puzzle


Each new term in the Fibonacci sequence is generated by adding the previous two terms. By starting with 1 and 2, the first 10 terms will be:

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ...

Let's ignore the odd terms to give a new sequence:

2, 8, 34, ...

Define f(n) as the sum of the first n terms of this sequence, so that:

  • f(1) = 2,
  • f(2) = 2 + 8 = 10,
  • f(3) = 2 + 8 + 34 = 44,
  • ...
  • f(10) = 2 + ... + 832040 = 1089154.

To find this cache, first find the middle digits of f(150), f(516), f(6506), f(14), f(24), and f(3232).


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur ybpngvba vf qrfpevorq va gur trbpurpxre.

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)