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You’ve learned that a secret message is hidden in the first 2,183 digits of π. Unfortunately, the digits of the message have been scrambled: 16, 7, 21, 17, 16, 11, 22, 20, 6, 5, 22, 10, 3, 7, 21, 14, 25, 11, 16, 18, 21, 17, 23 You can find the correct order of the coded letters simply by putting the digits back in their proper places in π: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375__5820974944592307816406286208998628034825342__706798__48086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092__6117_8193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513__0056812_1452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328__0963185950244594553469083026425__30825334468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914730359825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778185778053__71226806613001927876611195909216420198938095__720106548586327886593615338182796823030195203530185296899577362259941389124972__7528347913151557485724245415069595082953311686172785588907509838175463746493931925506040092770167113900984882401285836160356370766010471018194295559619894676783744944825537977472684710404753464620804668425906949129331367702898915210475216205696602405803815019351125338243003558764024749647326391419927260426992279678__54781636009341721641219924586315030286182974555706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016__52491921732172147723501414419735685481_13611573525521334757418494684385233239073941433345477624__862518983569485562099219__2184272_5025425688767__90494601653466804988627232791786085784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225125205117392984896084128488626945604241965285022__066__8630674427862203919494504712371378696095636437191728746776465757396241389086583264599581339047802759009946576407895126946839835259570982582262052248940772671947826848260147699090264013639443745530506820349625245174939965143142980919065925093722__96461515_098583874105978859597729754989 And if you don’t know the first 2,183 digits of π, you can try unscrambling the coded letters (using the cipher A = 3, B = 4...) to find the
