identifying type of cipher (3b)

[Anonymous]

using the tips from the decryption from 3a, I have not been able to identify what type of cipher 3b is, and I have done hours of research, and still have found nothing which could possibly work for 3b. The majority of the confusion comes from that there are only 5 types of letter in the cipher, the question I am asking is, is this type of cipher on any of the provided powerpoints?

[Anonymous]

From what I checked, no, but you should be able to figure out the cipher by reading over your 3a answer – don’t over think it and keep trying!

[Anonymous]

But how does that work?

[Anonymous]

I’d always look down this list of ciphers if I can’t solve a particular challenge.
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[Anonymous]

I think this one is much more easily solved by thinking about it for long enough, rather than looking down a list of ciphers

[Anonymous]

read the answer to part A, and use google.

[Anonymous]

Just think about the amount of letters used and think what you can do with that number so that it can fit into a cipher. Look at the length of the text compared to others and also if you look at 3a and read it, it should be blatantly obvious what the cipher is.

[Anonymous]

Look on the other forum pages for the official hints.

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