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How much is the candy bar? Mystery Cache

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Wis Kid: As there has been no owner action in the last 30 days, I am regrettably forced to archive this listing.

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Hidden : 5/6/2020
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Find out how many candy bars were bought, the price of each candy bar for the store, and the price of each candy bar for the customer.  You will be on your way to getting the coordinates for the cache.

Bob went to his favorite candy store and asked, "Where are those new candy bars you had here last week?"

"I only got a few of them because I didn't know if people would like them.", Hannah replied.  "I sold them all at as many cents each as the square of the number of candy bars I had."  Bob said, "I'll trust you."

Hannah said, "I will sell them to you for this amount, the percentage markup is what I paid in cents per candy bar."

Let x = the number of candy bars ordered

y = the number of cents the candy store paid for each candy bar.

z = the number of cents the candy store will sell each candy bar for.

The cache is hidden at N 44 25.abc W 88 06.def

25.4x + 7.4775y = abc  and 3z - 2.95y = def

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jura fbyivat gur chmmyr, lbhe ahzoref jvyy or 35 pragf. Abg .35 qbyynef.

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)