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Project Euler 18 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/18/2017
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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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.

Maximum path sum I


By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23.

   3
  7 4
 2 4 6
8 5 9 3

That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23.


The Puzzle


To find this cache first find the path through the triangle below which generates the maximum total. You can then extract the coordinates from the path (not the total).

                                    14
                                  33 15
                                 82 93 59
                               13 69 95 40
                              52 22 26 22  5
                            73  6 30 10 32 32
                           65 62  1 30 71 71 81
                         82 55 54 44 67 42 22 20
                        46 61 42 35 61 63  9 29 10
                      83 92 76  1 31 84 30 39 75 78
                     69 85 59 43 32 53 91 82 89 35 44
                   15 89 47 97 28 57 51 91 76 55 72 14
                  97 61 78 31 25 92 14 72 45 44 25  1 78
                60 12 90 14 16 72 77 49 82 88 34 42 55 80
               19 34 67 77 25 77 13 29 98 46 66 94 52 16 28
             76 28 10 37 80 58 20 40 77 26  5 52 31 81 83 48
            23  5 10 40 96 78 97 16 55 16 32 66 77 82 51 43 88
          85 82  9 41 35 71 32 25  4 10 36 54 72 73 42  1 37 17
         63 22 61 16  6 56 18 18  0 16 25 17 47 94 40 92 65  9 95
       34  5 42 75 84 48 17 41 98 35  1 80 76 37  7 45 35 67 94 76
      98 30 37 73 33 33  4 63 20 84 29 30 11  2 58  3 75 30 22 86 93
    66 62 84 81 35 43 54  8 51 85 14 77 30 98 71 97 51 11 64 24 24  2
   21  6 69 64 23 64 20 43 51 61 52 12 15 44 85 17 34 30 86 67  2 58  9
 27 54 46 76 58  5 80 68 30 52 65 18 74 20 39 81 34  8 96 11 92 54 73 26

Alternatively, you can download the numbers as a text file.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Frr 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)