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FIGHT the POWER Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/1/2025
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 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 4.5    Once you solve the math problem, the Terrain rating is only a 1.5

 

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 42° AB.CDE W 89° FG.HIJ

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

B = last digit in base 3 to the 3,488th power (33488)

C = last digit in base 8 to the 8,779th power (88779)

D = last digit in base 9 to the 23,831st power (923831)

E = last digit in base 4 to the 85,322nd power (485322)

 

F = last digit in base 0 to the 418th power (0418)

G = last digit in base 3 to the 737rd power (3737)

H = last digit in base 7 to the 1,264th power (71264)

I = last digit in base 0 to the 23,832nd power (023832)

J = last digit in base 2 to the 183,187th power (2183187)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unatvat va gerr ng svany pbbeqvangrf.

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)