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|  DECRYPTION STATION — PUZZLE #13269                                |
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  CIPHER TYPE:     EUCLIDEAN-ALGORITHM
  SECURITY LEVEL:  4/7

  STATUS:          [ACTIVE — AWAITING DECRYPTION]


  MISSION BRIEFING
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Euclid's algorithm finds the GCD of two numbers through repeated division. Given a = 140 and b = 84, run the Euclidean algorithm and count the number of division steps. Steps mod 26 → letter.

  INTERCEPTED DATA
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> a:
  140



> b:
  84



> hint:
  While b ≠ 0: (a, b) = (b, a % b). Starting from (140, 84), it takes 3 steps. 3 % 26 = 3 → 'd'.



> answer format:
  single lowercase letter





  [INTEL] Pool fill: euclidean-algorithm diff 4


  DECRYPTION INPUT
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