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IPF52: As Easy As Pi Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/4/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Pi uc lc.svg

better known as Pi has fascinated mathematicians

and frustrated students for centuries.

Hope this puzzle is as easy as pie.

The cache is a magnetic plate.

Here is Pi to 100 digits:

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169

39937510582097494459230781640628620899862803

48253421170679...

You can find the values of the letters need to solve the coordinates formula by searching the sequence of Pi given above and looking for the patterns below.

A) 59A65 B) 58B79 C) 83C79 D) 49D45 E) 06E86 F) 82F34

For example: In the sequence 14X59, X=1, since the pattern above in Pi is 14159.

Plug the answers you get for A, B, C, D, E, and F into the formula below to solve the puzzle and find the cache.

N 40 degrees 42.ABC minutes and W 073 degrees 37.DEF minutes

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

Congrats to taaffe1204 for being the First to Find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ernpu haqre, arne n fvta

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)