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Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
Below are two quotes from a famous person. Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
A=E
"ERC MRXIPPMKIRX JSSP GER QEOI XLMRKW FMKKIV, QSVI GSQTPIB, ERH QSVI ZMSPIRX. MX XEOIW E XSYGL SJ KIRMYW -- ERH E PSX SJ GSYVEKI -- XS QSZI MR XLI STTSWMXI HMVIGXMSR."
"AI GER'X WSPZI TVSFPIQW FC YWMRK XLI WEQI OMRH SJ XLMROMRK AI YWIH ALIR AI GVIEXIH XLIQ."
-EPFIVX IMRWXIMR
Both puzzles use the same code.
A=E
"ERC MRXIPPMKIRX JSSP GER QEOI XLMRKW FMKKIV, QSVI GSQTPIB, ERH QSVI ZMSPIRX. MX XEOIW E XSYGL SJ KIRMYW -- ERH E PSX SJ GSYVEKI -- XS QSZI MR XLI STTSWMXI HMVIGXMSR."
"AI GER'X WSPZI TVSFPIQW FC YWMRK XLI WEQI OMRH SJ XLMROMRK AI YWIH ALIR AI GVIEXIH XLIQ."
-EPFIVX IMRWXIMR
Hint
E=II=M
O=S
U=Y
Answer
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.""We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
-Albert Einstein
A=E
B=F
C=G
D=H
E=I
F=J
G=K
H=L
I=M
J=N
K=O
L=P
M=Q
N=R
O=S
P=T
Q=U
R=V
S=W
T=X
U=Y
V=Z
W=A
X=B
Y=C
Z=D
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Nice one!
correct me if i'm wrong but using the code key on the second translates to this
AI GER'X WSPZI TVSFPIQW FC YWMRK XLI WEQI OMRH SJ XLMROMRK AI YWIH ALIR AI GVIEXIH XLIQ."
em kiv'b awtdm xzwjtmua
A=E
B=F
C=G
D=H
E=I
F=J
G=K
H=L
I=M
J=N
K=O
L=P
M=Q
N=R
O=S
P=T
Q=U
R=V
S=W
T=X
U=Y
V=Z
W=A
X=B
Y=C
Z=D
AI GER'X WSPZI TVSFPIQW FC YWMRK XLI WEQI OMRH SJ XLMROMRK AI YWIH ALIR AI GVIEXIH XLIQ."
em kiv'b awtdm xzwjtmua
A=E
B=F
C=G
D=H
E=I
F=J
G=K
H=L
I=M
J=N
K=O
L=P
M=Q
N=R
O=S
P=T
Q=U
R=V
S=W
T=X
U=Y
V=Z
W=A
X=B
Y=C
Z=D
Tuckpaw, you solved it backwards
That's what I was getting too and I gave up because it didn't makes sense. Is it that the leter you start with is to the right because otherwise it doesn't make sense to me.
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