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On the Fence
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
It is a sunny and warm spring day in Cipher, South Decoder. A rather dejected lad named Tim is whitewashing a fence and thinking of all the other things he would rather be doing.
His friend Hank comes over and asks, "Hey, Tim, why aren't you ready to go to the park? We need you for our baseball team."
"Oh, I'm having too much fun here whitewashing this fence," replied Tim. "It's too bad you have to play baseball, or you could have a turn."
"Ha! I'm not falling for that," scoffed Hank. "I've read that book five times already!"
"Oh, right," said Tim. "If you help me, though, I'll be finished sooner, and we can go play baseball."
"I'll get the whole team to help out - if you can decipher these quotes," promised Hank. "We need to decipher them or we forfeit the game."
"Only in Cipher," laughed Tim. "OK, go get the guys and I'll have these done by the time you get back!"
Help Tim decipher the codes. They are all encoded using the same method.
1) WOTH EDBDAASO TA IOEOONSA R YLTN YI FEBSBDC RS OT AII ODCS WVO NLTRKIFE BS GDPOTHED O IOYC SW VOO EOLNSAR YT GDP
2) OTSRO IRI CMAI OITFH SE JF AOUTRTG D TTETIUYDNSH DIEOOE LHS SAIATE ES TF GN EET TTT LO HR TRIR
3) TAH OTNCEIN SNANT HS EFHOO SNETEP GI ETAYCTMSTC RDEA MEI ROABPEOOASL TELCT UNER DO N IHOAA
4) RIHWI NA AOUSN NNN OAOTI ST RSGBI TSS G GHTR NWTG RAO WA ONNIDWWE IADSE HINNR NDTO NO RHAG NKBRTGDG ODY GBEIO EINTNEP
5) TWGNU EBA AI EASHNLI CDACUS LIS IDECNIHT BHAE GNSO CTNETO OGENOHNHAW AMT NTWO DNAHLES TADTR TTGTSN OWTGN ADV BAIP EGH AMAS TEERNTRTU NTA SMWLK HABAMS ALSNLAAE SMG TIBHE OIO H BFHKWEA YIIKANS ULEP SE LNR AAATNIY
His friend Hank comes over and asks, "Hey, Tim, why aren't you ready to go to the park? We need you for our baseball team."
"Oh, I'm having too much fun here whitewashing this fence," replied Tim. "It's too bad you have to play baseball, or you could have a turn."
"Ha! I'm not falling for that," scoffed Hank. "I've read that book five times already!"
"Oh, right," said Tim. "If you help me, though, I'll be finished sooner, and we can go play baseball."
"I'll get the whole team to help out - if you can decipher these quotes," promised Hank. "We need to decipher them or we forfeit the game."
"Only in Cipher," laughed Tim. "OK, go get the guys and I'll have these done by the time you get back!"
Help Tim decipher the codes. They are all encoded using the same method.
1) WOTH EDBDAASO TA IOEOONSA R YLTN YI FEBSBDC RS OT AII ODCS WVO NLTRKIFE BS GDPOTHED O IOYC SW VOO EOLNSAR YT GDP
2) OTSRO IRI CMAI OITFH SE JF AOUTRTG D TTETIUYDNSH DIEOOE LHS SAIATE ES TF GN EET TTT LO HR TRIR
3) TAH OTNCEIN SNANT HS EFHOO SNETEP GI ETAYCTMSTC RDEA MEI ROABPEOOASL TELCT UNER DO N IHOAA
4) RIHWI NA AOUSN NNN OAOTI ST RSGBI TSS G GHTR NWTG RAO WA ONNIDWWE IADSE HINNR NDTO NO RHAG NKBRTGDG ODY GBEIO EINTNEP
5) TWGNU EBA AI EASHNLI CDACUS LIS IDECNIHT BHAE GNSO CTNETO OGENOHNHAW AMT NTWO DNAHLES TADTR TTGTSN OWTGN ADV BAIP EGH AMAS TEERNTRTU NTA SMWLK HABAMS ALSNLAAE SMG TIBHE OIO H BFHKWEA YIIKANS ULEP SE LNR AAATNIY
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