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One Million! Mystery Cache

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not2b: Unfortunately this isn't a good location; replacements promptly go missing. So I am archiving it. Sorry to those who solved it and failed to find it. Those who Certituded and posted a DNF before this log are welcome to log a find, you earned it.

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Hidden : 10/14/2018
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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This puzzle concerns the number 1,000,000! and that exclamation point is there for a reason.  The number you need is 1,000,000 times 999,999 times 999,998, etc, all the way down to one.  But I am not asking you to give me that number as it is very long, with millions of digits.  I'm not even asking you to compute it, because even with an arbitrary precision calculator you will be working much too hard.  Instead, to solve the puzzle you need to be able to tell me (or, rather, Certitude), two things: first, how many zeros appear at the end of this massive number?  I'll tell you that there are more than 100,000 and fewer than a million final zeros.  Second, what are the final six nonzero digits of this number?

Let the number of trailing zeros be AAAAAA.  Let the final six nonzero digits be BBBBBB.  Enter AAAAAA BBBBBB into Certitude and you will get the final coordinates.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] zbqhyb [hide] onfr bs erq cbfg, haqre gur "!"

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)