Salt Lake City 2004 Checkpoints

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CHECKPOINT 8 CLUE
Math to drive you buggy! Cicadas emerge from the ground every 13 years or every 17 years, according to the brood. Named with roman numerals, each brood’s exact life-cycle allows exact prediction of when they’ll emerge again. In 1992, 1993 and 1994, no cicada broods emerged in the United States. Using the table below, find the next three-year consecutive run in which no cicadas will emerge in the U.S. Replace the sum of the three years for Z in the equation below to find an address on 7th Ave N and get your photo in front of it. (Z / 12) - 252 = 7th Ave N address of Checkpoint 8 Bonus Shortcut Equation to Checkpoint 9: In 2002, Broods VIII and XXIII both emerged. When will these two broods emerge in the same year again? Replace the year for Z in the following equation to find the 8th Ave N address which is a stone’s throw from a great shortcut. (Z / 13) + 30 = 8th Ave N address next to a great shortcut to CP 9.
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CHECKPOINT 8 CLUE

Math to drive you buggy! Cicadas emerge from the ground every 13 years or every 17 years, according to the brood. Named with roman numerals, each brood’s exact life-cycle allows exact prediction of when they’ll emerge again. In 1992, 1993 and 1994, no cicada broods emerged in the United States. Using the table below, find the next three-year consecutive run in which no cicadas will emerge in the U.S.

Replace the sum of the three years for Z in the equation below to find an address on 7th Ave N and get your photo in front of it. (Z / 12) - 252 = 7th Ave N address of Checkpoint 8

Bonus Shortcut Equation to Checkpoint 9: In 2002, Broods VIII and XXIII both emerged. When will these two broods emerge in the same year again? Replace the year for Z in the following equation to find the 8th Ave N address which is a stone’s throw from a great shortcut. (Z / 13) + 30 = 8th Ave N address next to a great shortcut to CP 9.

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