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The MATRIX Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/5/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES

SOLVE THE PUZZLE BELOW TO DETERMINE THE FINAL LOCATION OF THE CACHE

WHILE SOLVING THE SYSTEMS REQUIRED TO FIND THIS CACHE, ROUND ANY EXTRANEOUS EXPONENTS TO ZERO



I came across the idea for this cache in my Algebra 2 class during a "Matrix use" activity that was based on encoding and decoding using matrices.  




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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh zvtug arrq gb pbafhyg lbhe ybpny uvtu fpubby Nytroen 2 fghqrag

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)