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River Puzzle Mystery Cache

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One Paddle Short: Time to let this one go. Will pick up geocoin and move it along...

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Hidden : 3/28/2006
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES!

This is a puzzle cache. You must solve the puzzles below to get the coords for the location of the cache which is located in public park in Wausau.

A teacher writes a whole number less than 50,000 on the blackboard. One student states that the number is a multiple of 2: a second student states the number is a multiple of 3; and so on until a twelfth student says that it is a multiple of 13. The teacher remarks that all except two of the students were right and, moreover that the two who were wrong spoke one after the other. What was the number that the teacher wrote on the blackboard?

A= first three digits
B= last two digits

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By combining the patterns of the squares in a 3 by 3-sided checkerboard you can put together a total of 14 squares. ( see visual "checkerboard" in gallery.) What is the total number of squares found on a standard 8 by 8 checkerboard?

C= answer
D= first digit

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In order to win a GPSr, students had to guess the number of gumballs in a jar. Students answered: 64, 60, 55, 52, and 50. No one got it right. The guesses were off by: 5,7,3,2,and 7(in no particular order). How many gumballs were in the jar?

E= answer

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Cache located at:
N 44 E.C+2E+5
W 089 B-D.A-7

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Original cache contents include: Guitar pick, green and silver salamander, yellow beaded bracelet, rubber ducky, electrical tape, pool chalk, two state quarters, pencil, log book, and yellow jeep TB.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

nagvfdhner ebbg.

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)