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PRIME NUMBERS Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/17/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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CACHE IS NOT AT COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE.

I have always been facinated by prime numbers and we needed to post a hide before the end of the year to get the Hide Souvenir and so here it is.

  The definition of a Prime Number is 

A whole number greater than 1 that cannot be exactly divided by any whole number other than itself and 1.

There is an infinite set of whole numbers and within that set there is also an infinite set of prime numbers.

There can be various important uses of prime numbers. Cicadas time their life cycles by prime numbers, modern screens use these to define color intensities of pixels, manufacturers use to get rid of harmonics in their products. However, these uses are nothing as compared to the fact that these numbers form the basis of our modern computer security.

Prime numbers are used to encrypt information through communication networks utilized by cell phones and the Internet, according to PBS.  One common encryption code uses the RSA algorithm to secure credit card transactions transmitted from one source to the next. Slate reports that encryption keys are based on very large prime numbers.

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(What is the largest even prime number that is less than 101?).

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bs pbhefr, bar bs gur fvzcyrfg jnl vf gb Tbbtyr n yvfg bs cevzr ahzoref ohg vs lbh guvax nobhg gur qrsvavgvba bs n cevzr ahzore naq gur qrsvavgvba bs na rira ahzore lbh znl jryy thrff gur pbeerpg nafjre.

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)