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Economist's Revenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/31/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Is your brain hurting from trying to solve all of those mystery caches based on boring engineering or indecipherable ciphers? Well this cache is for you! Its based on one of the most popular subjects in college: Economics! No need for applause.

Solve these simple questions and find the coordinates you need to go get the treasure box. Once you have the coordinates the approach to the trail is past the front of the snack shack. The container is a medium size lock n lock that should be winter friendly with up to a foot of snow. The terrain rating is based on the fact that the beginning of the trail is often wet and there may be brambles encountered coming off of the trail. To avoid a bramble patch don't cut off of the trail until you are about 135-140 feet from GZ.

N42 14.ABC W071 54.DEF


A = _____A company was making 10 items at a total cost of $80. When it makes 11 a day the total cost is $89. The extra $9 is called:

1. The marginal utility of production. = 6
2. The markup price of the item. = 4
3. The marginal cost of the unit. = 5

B= _____ It was _____________who was most responsible for developing the theory that in a depression the government needs to intervene to end it:

1. Milton Freeman = 6
2. John M Keynes = 0
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt = 8
4. Paul Samuelson = 4

C= _____GNP stands for:

1. Gross National Product = 4
2. Great National Pollution index = 3
3. Grand National Product = 6

D= _____In economic terms if an object or activity is valued by a person it is said to:

1. Be useful. = 7
2. Have utility = 2
3. Be worth money. = 5
4. Be the source of all evil. = 0

E=_____ If the demand for a good increases, and nothing else changes:

1. The price of the item will increase =2
2. There will be a surplus of the good. = 5
3. As the supply did not change then the price will fall. = 8

F=_____ An economic depression is defined as:

1. A slight drop in production across the country. = 9
2. Not finding 4 caches in a row. = 7
3. A serious and prolonged drop in production. = 3
4. New England roads in the spring

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)