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How's your math and agility? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/12/2015
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

I felt that Red Deer could use a challenging puzzle & terrain cache combination. I also noticed  that caches in the Red Deer area do not cover the entire spectrum of "attributes" so it is time to address that deficiency.


The given coordinates are bogus.  In order to obtain correct cache coordinates you have to solve the mathematical puzzle below.

ABC x D5 = EFGHJ

The letters A - J represent digits from 0 to 9 and they are used only once each in the multiplication equation above (x is not a number but a multiplication symbol). Number 5 was already given to you so it cannot be repeated. Only one solution exists. Fill in the missing numbers and then get the coordinates below:

N 52 16.AHE   W 113 51.AJH

The original swag: FTF Pin Two unactivated travelbugs: a GeoBurger and a GeoCola. First to find gets first pick of one TB and second to find gets the other one. RCMP pins GMC, chevy and Corvette pins, Unactivated path tag, Something special from PEI

Congratulations to the Microbiologist for FTF which I thought was unusual in my opinion for someone with only 55 cache finds under the belt but as I found out later had been geocaching for many years before I even knew this hobby existed.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab uvag sbe fbyivat gur chmmyr ohg sbe svaqvat gur pnpur pbafvqre gur nggevohgrf. Znlor oevat na ntvyr grrantre nybat?

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)