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Find the hidden message. This did not appear as nice as it did in the post editor, so I attached a table. It is much nicer looking and should be easier for you.

19 9 20 0 23 18 12 11 19

19 -5 9 -20 23 -8 -11 11 0

28 15 9 -18 35 -1 11 30 26

24 3 -7 -31 35 -24 -15 18 26

44 9 12 -11 47 -5 1 36 32

31 -11 6 -30 47 -27 -13 24 10

47 0 26 -19 47 -1 -11 26 24

35 -12 6 -34 47 -16 -25 14 6

41 -8 6 -15 55 4 -25 27 24

26 -23 3 -35 55 -12 -29 7 13

26 -2 10 -35 68 14 -23 8 24

cryptogram.doc

the first zero is a space.

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Find the hidden message. This did not appear as nice as it did in the post editor, so I attached a table. It is much nicer looking and should be easier for you.

19 9 20 0 23 18 12 11 19

19 -5 9 -20 23 -8 -11 11 0

28 15 9 -18 35 -1 11 30 26

24 3 -7 -31 35 -24 -15 18 26

44 9 12 -11 47 -5 1 36 32

31 -11 6 -30 47 -27 -13 24 10

47 0 26 -19 47 -1 -11 26 24

35 -12 6 -34 47 -16 -25 14 6

41 -8 6 -15 55 4 -25 27 24

26 -23 3 -35 55 -12 -29 7 13

26 -2 10 -35 68 14 -23 8 24

the first zero is a space.

Something can be done to the rows to make it look like a standard cryptogram with only numbers 0 - 26

cryptogram.doc

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OK, I'll bite - how do you transpose the rows to make it solvable. I've tried lots of things but nothing gets it to anything remotely resembling an actual cryptogram.

It is simple addition and subtraction. the first row is already in its original form.

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I got it:

"the first use of the cryptogram for entertainment purpases [sic] occurred during the middle ages by monks"

Label the horizontal rows 1 through 11: you need create a new matrix with row 1 remaining the same, but row 2 would now be (row 2)- (row 1), row 3 would be (row 3)- (row 2), etc.

(ex. row 2 becomes [0 (14) (11) (20) 0 (26) (23) 0 (19)]

This gets all the numbers between -26 and 26. Take the absolute value and assign the alphabet (A=1, B=2, etc.) Solve the cryptogram from there.

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