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Hexagon Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 11/26/2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A small cache located in central Reading. Bring your own pen.

You need to be approach the coordinates from the top (not down near the road/parking).


A small cache located in central Reading. Bring your own pen.

You need to be approach the coordinates from the top (not down near the road/parking).

A hexagon is a six sided polygon in which the sum of the total internal angles is 720º.

Most people associate hexagons with the regular hexagon, which is further characterized by being equilateral (all sides have the same length) and equiangular (all angles are the same – in the case of the hexagon 120º degrees)

Hexagons are recurring in nature, with the most known example being the honeycomb. Bees build their homes using regular hexagons, and it was proposed by Marcus Terentius Varro in 36 BC that this was not a random choice but that a deeper reason was at work.

Almost 2000 years later, Thomas Hales established the mathematical proof for this proposal, showing that using hexagons is the best way to divide a surface into sections of equal area with the least total perimeter.

 

Therefore the bees can store the maximum amount of honey spending the least amount of wax to do so.

See if you can spot a hexagon close to the GZ, it may be a bit bigger than a honeycomb. 

 

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)