WARNINGS:
- Gun hunting for deer is usually the first 2 full weeks in November. Bow hunting is from October to December. You may be better off to come earlier, or later. Wear blaze orange if you do decide to do come during the season (heck if you have it, it can't hurt to wear it any time you explore the forests...)
- Come mentally and physically prepared for a 4-5km walk if you intend to find this cache and all the nearby ones...
As you know, the Autobot Transformers are always on the run from the evil Decepticons. They often need to create makeshift bases/forts/camps/shelters in the middle of the forest to evade detection. This series is designed to take you to some of their forgotten 'hideouts'...
Two Autobots are about to head out to ambush unsuspecting Decepticons.
Autobot Wheeljack says "I'll be bringing three guns... that should be plenty."
Autobot Ironhide asks Wheeljack "Out of curiosity, how many bullets are in each of your 3 guns? That is to say, I just want to know the set of 3 numbers that represent the number of bullets in each gun... and I do not need to know how many bullets are actually in each specific gun of yours."
Wheeljack says: "Well, the product of the number of bullets in each of my three guns is 36. In case you forget what 'product' means Ironhide, it means if you were to take the number of bullets in one of my guns, multiplied by the number of bullets in another gun, and now take that product and multiple that by the number of bullets in the last gun. Another reminder is that, in theory, it is possible for a gun to have 1 bullet or even 36 bullets, but I won't tell you if that's the actual case or not...".
"Ughh" Ironhide says... "Can never give me a straight answer can you? Alright... I'll play your little mathematical game Wheeljack. However in this case you have not provided me enough information to answer my question."
Wheeljack replies: "Ok... well you know the Decepticons that we are just about to ambush? The sum of the bullets in all my guns is equal to the number of Decepticons that you told me you counted when you scouted ahead".
"Hmm, yes I remember the number of Decepticons I recently scouted" says Ironhide, "...but I still don't have enough information to answer the question".
"Ok, one last clue" says Wheeljack. "This gun here" *he points to his favorite black polished gun*, "has at least 1 more bullet in it than the gun here on the left, and it also has at least 1 more bullet in it than the gun here on the right".
Ironhide says "Thanks for the indirect answer Wheeljack, I now have the answer".
A couple of minutes later Wheeljack asks "Hey Ironhide, where did we leave that Energon cube again?"
Ironhide replies: "Well, considering the indirect answers you gave me... I'll return the favor by saying that you can find the Energon Cube at an old Autobot Hideout at the coordinates of N 45° 19.(B-1)68' W 76° 07.(C)(A-2)8', where A is The digital root of the number of bullets in your black polished gun, where B is the digital root of the sum of the number of bullets in the two other guns and where C is the digital root of the product of the number of bullets those two other guns."
Ironhide also replies: "...but beware of a massive porcupine Energon Cube guardian. I spotted him hanging around last time I checked on it. If you happen to bring any dogs along with you, it might be best to keep them on a leash when exploring the Autobot Hideout just in case..."
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Transformers: Robots Geocaching in Disguise - Season 2 - Autobot Hideouts
For a list of every cache in this series, look at the bottom of the 1st cache of this series here: GC7YCMK_autobot-hideout-1