Circles, Circles, Everywhere Mystery Cache
Circles, Circles, Everywhere
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THE COORDINATES POSTED ABOVE ARE NOT CORRECT (see notes below).
Red and white, small, large and Super -
circles, circles everywhere.
The container is a smoke colored film canister. This is a log only micro. Please bring a pen. The cache is a very short walk from the parking lot.
CAUTION: There is a retaining wall with a steep drop-off. Be careful and find a safe way down.
THE COORDINATES POSTED ABOVE ARE NOT CORRECT.
You must first solve the circle problem below to get the correct coordinates. A calculator will be handy to solve the problem. The math is easy but the fun is in taking a mental guess before solving the problem mathematically. The answer may surprise you.
Circle Problem
- Assume that Pi is 3.14, the earth is perfectly round, and a string could be tied taught around the equator, making a perfect circle.
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- If you add 12 inches to the length of the same string and make a new circle around the earth with the same center point, what distance away from the earth would the new string be? Use inches as the measurement. Take a mental guess before doing the math. It’s usually not the distance most people expect.
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- Add the first two non-zero digits of the answer to the last two digits of the coordinates (e.g. answers of 1234, 12.34, or .00000000001234 would all add 00.012 to the minutes yielding N 35 44.743). The given West coordinates are correct.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
P=2CE jurer P = pvephzsrerapr, C = Cv = 3.14, naq E = enqvhf. Gel fbyivat gur ceboyrz hfvat fznyyre pvepyrf svefg.