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Go Tel It In The Valley Mystery Cache

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E = Mc2: It's past time to let this one go. Congratulations are in order for the 26 people who did manage to log a find on it over the last ten years.

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Hidden : 5/5/2010
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Oh no. Not MATH! This cache may take a bit of work and is not for everyone. I put this one out for the matrix seekers. It is, indeed, wheelchair accessible. The listed coordinates are for a business that no one wants to use, but everyone does eventually.

The container comes courtesy of Bees4Me. Thanks, Beth!


Here we go. Given that:
A*B*C = 2250
A*C*B = 1350
B*A*C = 1500
B*C*A = 540
C*A*B = 600
C*B*A = 360
S*I*X = 61 509 375 x 1019

Solve for the missing numbers in the following coordinates:

N 37° 48. _ _ _

393 634 097 435 034 763 964 190 076 442 402 972 525 061 190 815 463 639 351 056 937 138 458 008 483 220 344 934 122 178 169 151 670 161 578 752 928 995 381 934 018 645 116 200 146 203 429 060 944 673 627 962 773 039 794 927 199 199 891 850 483 750
x 1018

W 85° 59._ _ _

321 518 513 149 201 920 168 935 154 649 882 035 512 737 360 696 521 151 248 567 905 410 527 579 402 478 507 509 592 946 087 921 012 053 071 829 234 320 230 212 164
x 1018

Clues may or may not be provided eventually. The math is actually rather simple once you understand the code. A cool fact, but totally unrelated to the puzzle: The hide date is all multiples of 5!

Update May 16, 2010: I decided to stop by this morning and check the coordinates yet again. This time I got the same thing I had originally and NOT what is posted above. It's only a matter of 60 feet, but it does present issues. I'm not going to redo all the math yet again, so you may want to add TEN to the Longitude and FOUR to the Latitude once you've figured out the puzzle.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cevzr Snpgbevmngvba

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)