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Fight the Power Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Red Granite: Since the location where I hid the container was taken down, O have to archive the cache but hopefully will re-establish it once I find a new and suitable location.

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Hidden : 2/14/2023
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to a very difficult math problem which is what gives this geocache a Difficulty rating of 5.0    Once you solve the math problem, the Terrain rating is only a 1.0 which means people in wheel chairs will be able to retrieve the cache container which is located approximately 3 feet above ground level.

 

So here is how you can FIGHT THE POWER:

22  which is said to be "base 2 to the second power".  This means you take 2 x 2 = 4

23  which is said to be "base 2 to the third power".   This means you take 2 x 2 x 2 = 8

24  which is said to be "base 2 to the fourth power".   This means you take 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16

 

32  which is said to be "base 3 to the second power".  This means you take 3 x 3 = 9

33  which is said to be "base 3 to the third power".  This means you take 3 x 3 x 3 = 27

34  which is said to be "base 3 to the fourth power".    This means you take 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 81

 

Now, you need to solve the following power expressions in order to obtain the values for the final coordinates.  

The FINAL coordinates are at N 44° AB.CDE W 91° FG.HIJ

A = last digit in base 5 to the 432nd power (5432)

B = last digit in base 3 to the 3473rd power (33473)

C = last digit in base 2 to the 869,098th power (2869098)

D = last digit in base 7 to the 12,564th power (712564)

E = last digit in base 4 to the 444,444th power (4444444)

 

F = last digit in base 5 to the 392,418th power (5392418)

G = last digit in base 8 to the 56715th power (856715)

H = last digit in base 2 to the 17,543rd power (217543)

I = last digit in base 9 to the 3,532nd power (93532)

J = last digit in base 0 to the 159,233rd power (0159233)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

CHMMYR: Ybbx sbe cnggreaf va gur cbjref PNPUR: Ybbx sbe n zvabe fvta cbfg

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)