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EASY PUZZLE 34 - Logic Puzzle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/22/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



  This cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates. You must solve an EASY puzzle to get the final coords.

  If you would like to find out more about this series, click GENERAL INFO and look in the red box.





THE PUZZLE - Logic Puzzle

  Here is a simple logic problem. Logic problems can be commonly found in puzzle magazines, books and some mystery geocache puzzles.

  bigthunder, sunshine and whitedove went on a 3 day caching trip - Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each cacher choose to find a target cache on their day - multi, mystery and earthcache.

  Use the following clues to determine which day they found their target cache and what type of cache it was.

  1. The earthcache was found a day after the mystery cache was found.

  2. bigthunder did not find the earthcache.

  3. whitedove found his cache on Sunday.

  4. The multi cache was found on Sunday.

  FINAL = N 35 3A.BCD W 79 27.020

  A = Who found their target cache on Friday?
    sunshine = 5;  whitedove = 7;  bigthunder = 9

  B = Whose target cache was the earthcache?
    sunshine = 3;  whitedove = 5;  bigthunder = 7

  C = What day was the mystery cache found?
    Friday = 8;  Saturday = 9;  Sunday = 0

  D = What day did whitedove find his target cache?
    Friday = 1;  Saturday = 3;  Sunday = 5


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.



NUDGE - Logic Puzzle

  Go to general information about logic puzzles HERE.

  1. Make or copy from online a grid like the one below.

   

Beyond A NUDGE

  Online puzzle solver: Logic Puzzle Solver.

  1. Click 'LogicalSolver'

  On the webpage for the solver:

  1. click the catergories & items '-' until they are both 3.

  2. click 'items' once to clear the items.

  Beginning to solve:

  2. Type in your fields, like in the picture above.

 3. Clue 1 -

   a. The earthcache could not have been found on Friday since the mystery cache was found first. So place a '-' in the earthcache/Friday box.
   b. The mystery cache could not have been found on Sunday since the earthcache was found later. So place a '-' in the mystery/Sunday box.

  3. Clue 2 -

   bigthunder did not find an earthcache, so place a '-' in the bigthunder/earthcache box.

  3. Clue 3 -

   a. whitedove did not find his cache on Friday, so place a '-' in whitedove/Friday box.
   b. whitedove did find it on Sunday. So place a '-' in whitedove/Saturday box. ***In this program you can not mark an +, so you have to mark Saturday, because you know he could not have found it on Saturday.

  3. Clue 4 -

   From this clue you know the multi cache was found on Sunday, but you can not click Sunday. so place the '-' on the day(s) you know he could not have found it.

  SOLVED - getting your answers to the mulitple choice questions:

  1. Write down from the solver page - (1) the cacher (2)the day they went to their cache (3)the type cache they found.

  2. Then you should be able to get your answers and replace the numbers to get your final coords.

        NOTE: Need more help? Contact me. I LOVE to help and give nudges. :-)



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fvta

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)