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Ready to roll? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/30/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed coordinates. You need to play a game first. Ready to roll?


Ready to roll?

'Petals Around The Rose' is a fairly simple mathematical puzzle. You could go ahead and 'Google it', but wouldn't that spoil the sense of achievement of cracking it on your own? It bewildered Bill Gates for a few hours back in 1977, but I'm sure you can do better.

Rules of the game:

  • The name of the game is 'Petals Around the Rose', and this is significant.
  • Each roll of the five dice gives a score, which will always be zero or an even number.
  • You simply need to work out how the score is calculated.

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Once you understanding the scoring, you should have no trouble calculating the values for A to D, below.

The Puzzle

The Puzzle

Get rolling to:
N 51° 18.(9*A*B + 13)
W 000° 39.(11*C*D - 45)

 

Congratulations on the FTF to Woking Wonders.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle: None yet.] [Cache:] Snyyra gerr.

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)