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UR Visitor Parking #4! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/15/2023
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to the University of Richmond Visitor Parking Series: A series of puzzles caches where the posted coordinates are your parking. If you use the solution checker to update your coords, a parking waypoint will still show you where to park.

I've got a neat D5 puzzle in mind for y'all, but it just didn't work for these coordinates. So what to do? I spent a good while trying to think of things, and then all of a sudden I noticed some symmetry between the north and west coordinates, so I made up the following. It's more logic than math, but I suppose both are taught somewhere on this campus. So it relates back to UR, right? 

N 37° 34.ABC W 77° 32.XYZ

B=Y

C=X

B+C=10 and X+Y=10, where the lowest and highest possible numbers are both involved

A=(B+X)/2, A+Z=11

Many thanks to vabreeze for the beta test on the puzzle, and they said "if vabreeze can get it ANYONE can get it. LOL"

And congrats Pip7823 on the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: N uvag sbe zbfg chmmyrf: hfr zncf gb uryc lbh anvy qbja guvatf. Pnpur: Zntargvp. Ybt znl snyy bhg be znl erdhver n gbby.

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)