Math

[chewie]

yes - the maths is do-able and provides at least three clues.

[engr101]

It appears to be only part of an answer.  Where's the other half located?

[chewie]

 The coefficients give two clues.

 The answers are another clue.

The variable letters are another clue
 I haven’t found all the answers yet. 

[charlie32]

Feb 25, 2018 22:04:02 GMT -5 chewie said:

 The coefficients give two clues.

 The answers are another clue.

The variable letters are another clue
 I haven’t found all the answers yet. 

Interesting, how can it be solved of it isn't all there?

[artofhiddenmessages]

Mar 14, 2018 7:01:17 GMT -5 charlie32 said:

Feb 25, 2018 22:04:02 GMT -5 chewie said:

 The coefficients give two clues.

 The answers are another clue.

The variable letters are another clue
 I haven’t found all the answers yet. 

Interesting, how can it be solved of it isn't all there?

That is interesting, isn't it?!

[charlie32]

Ah, got it.

[roundabout]

Thinking about these math problems...this is the one thing I have no sense of at all, whatsoever, no matter how I try to look at it. Probably because I never did well in algebra class. I've had some ah-hah moments on other parts of the puzzle, but I have a feeling I should probably figure this out before I can do anything more at the stage I'm at. The math just says to me, "this is a huge problem." I'm pretty sure it's a lot simpler than I think. This doesn't really require doing algebra...at least that's what I'm thinking...at least I hope not. But it's saying something I'm not seeing yet!

[roundabout]

I was thinking it would be done in a way similar to this high school puzzle - (from www.tes.com )

www.tes.com/teaching-resource/solving-equations-code-cracking-11119130 (shown on the file)

[karebear]

There are TWO clues in the coefficients? I thought I had that part figured out. I’m further behind than I realized…

[balloonsrfun]

Can someone please explain which ones are the "coefficients"?

[engr101]

I used matrix math to find the answer and even though some of the numbers in the artwork were difficult to decipher I was able to find a solution.
The first set in brackets are the variables [M, A, P], the second set are all coefficients and the last set are constants.



The solution I interpreted to be longitude (DMS), but that could be a wrong assumption.
If my assumption is correct where's latitude?

[balloonsrfun]

Ok, just wondering cause I had solved most of the numbers, but I didn't have to use any math? Can someone who has also got the solve without using math, please pm me to compare?

[karebear]

I didn’t use any math to get the clue I got from this. But, I’m trying to figure out if there is a possibility that there’s is more I have to do that involves math.

[roundabout]

Thanks engr101 for posting that.

Now finally I think I do get the clue without the math! What helped me was to look at the actual PDF on the computer screen, because it's much clearer than my printed copy. I magnified it a bit too. I can see how the author really made it so that we could tell in a simple way what the numbers are without doing the math. The clue I get is something almost opposite from doing math.

Two of the coefficients I see are different than the ones you have, engr101. I wonder what would come out with the Matrix Math tool if those were used - whether the result would mean anything or not?

[rarbowen]

I could certainly use a good hint for this math puzzle. I have the easy part of it, but have no idea what to do with what I know.