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Re: Page 49

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:41 pm
by Heath
Super stuck here. We decoded the message, not sure what to do next.

Re: Page 49

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 8:00 pm
by Tallis
This is fairly straight-forward, with no great intuitive leaps required. Below is a graded hint leading to the answer. It assumes you know [key.11], [key.47], and [key.48]. If you haven't figured out puzzles 11, 47, and 48, then do not continue.
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1) Using the symbol/letter substitution from puzzle 11, the first symbol at the top of the page is a 'T' and it's numeric value for this puzzle is '3'. Continue on down the list of symbols until you have all the English letters and their numeric equivalents.
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2) The fact that the symbols spell 'twentyninebook' is nice, but irrelevant to finding the answer. Turn to the key words at the bottom which are 'NEWBIT'. identify the 6 numbers that relate to the letters of NEWBIT. N=1, E=5, etc.
And the answer is:
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3) 159023