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Bugs in Cacheville Mystery Cache

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CacheDetectives: Checked on this one this morning. It is gone (or once again I couldn't find my own cache). Thanks to all who visited!

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Hidden : 4/10/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates given are for a park and ride area near Frostburg, MD. The cache is hidden nearby but you will have to solve the following puzzle in order to find the coordinates. Feel free to e-mail me if you want to check your work before seeking the cache.

A devious geocacher has hidden travel bugs in Cacheville. Cacheville consists of nine caches arranged in a three-by-three array. An aerial view is shown below:

Your mission is to determine the number of travel bugs in each cache given the following information:

  • 1 of the caches has 2 travel bugs
  • 1 of the caches has 3 travel bugs
  • 2 of the caches have 4 travel bugs
  • 1 of the caches has 5 travel bugs

**The remaining rooms are bugless.

Can you determine the number at the end of each row and column that indicates the total number of bugs in that row or column? Keep in mind that the cache is not hidden too far from the parking coordinates.

Those numbers represent ABC and DEF in the coordinates below:

39* 37.ABC
78* 54.DEF

Because of the many possible combinations, you may find this helpful!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pragre fdhner unf sbhe ohtf

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)