Welcome to Puzzle #5 in the Bristol County Puzzle Series! The Series covers all of the towns in Bristol County MA. Yes, all 20. The Series is broken up into 4 groups with 5 puzzles per group. The puzzles must be solved in order as each puzzle will give a clue that will allow you to solve the next one in that group. Solve the 5 together in each group and earn the coords for the bonus cache. Each bonus cache will provide a clue for the series final so pay attention when signing those logs!
No special equipment is needed to log the individual caches, but if your goal is to find the bonus caches and the final cache in this series, you will need to bring a special "tool" with you to each of the caches.
Good luck and Happy Caching! Now for your puzzle...
To solve this puzzle you need to first solve the ditloids below. Once you have solved for the words, you then must determine the values of A-G based on your 20 solutions. All of the words in each ditloid count. Once you have the values of A-I, plug those into the equations to determine the numeric values for each letter. You should now have an 8 letter scrambled word. Unscramble the letters to find your password for the geochecker.
SET 1:
To get you started, the solution to the first ditloid is: 3 Sides in a Triangle
___ S in a T
___ D in a RA
___ N in an O
___ DHS
___ TL the BP
___ W to L Y L
___ F on a P
___ T a L
___ C in a D
___ P in a Q
SET 2:
___ S of the Z
___ L of a C
___ H in a D
___ D of C
___ I in a B G
___ L of the A
___ B of B on the W
___ B for S B
___ H on a U
___ D S
Now what to do with all that info?
A = How many times the letter "A" occurs in all 20 elements.
B = How many times the letter "R" occurs in all 20 elements.
C = How many times the letter "G" occurs in all 20 elements.
D = How many times the letter "L" occurs in all 20 elements.
E = How many times the letter "Z" occurs in all 20 elements.
F = How many times the letter "W" occurs in all 20 elements.
G = How many times the letter "B" occurs in all 20 elements.
H = The sum of the digits in SET 1 (do not include any numbers from the words)
I = The sum of the digits in SET 2 (do not include any numbers from the words)
...and then...
Letter 1 = (B * C) - (D * G)
Letter 2 = F - E
Letter 3 = (A - B) / F + E
Letter 4 = (H - I) / C + E
Letter 5 = D - G - F
Letter 6 = G * F
Letter 7 = (B - D) / F
Letter 8 = H - (B * D) + F - E + D
You also need the keyword that was given to you when you solved BCPS #4. You will need to add this AFTER what you decipher from this puzzle.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.