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8. A girl's best friend? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/8/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Please see number 1 in the series (Are you a square?) for a full description of the walk, there is street parking available in the village of Weald.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates.

There is street parking available in the village of Weald. This is a relatively simple puzzle, the information below will help you to solve it and might assist with a slightly harder one placed close by.

How many diamonds?

For a triangle which is two small triangles high there are three diamond shapes.

When the large triangle is three small triangles high there are nine diamond shapes.

When the large triangle is four small triangles high there are 18 small diamonds (2 triangle) and 3 larger diamonds  (8 triangles)

For a large triangle which is n small triangles high (n<6) the total number of diamonds is given by 3(n2-3n+3)

If the total number of diamonds in a large triangle five small triangle high is ab then the cache can be found at

N51 13.(a-a/a-b/b)b(a+b/b) E000 10.(a-b/b)(a+a/a)a

*** Congratulations to -KROP- on FTF ***

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gbc

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)