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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

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Originally Posted by DeepWater View Post
So what about 342.242026?
In this years game, the robots cross the finish line and turn left. Do to the orientation of streets around Copley Square, if marathon runners crossed the finish line and turned 90 degrees left, they would be heading in a compass bearing of 342.242026 degrees.

EDIT: See Dave Lavery's post here. If you went to those coordinates and looked in that direction, you would be staring at the Tortoise and the Hare statues.
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