Assignment 8

I find Google to be more user friendly, like most people I go with what I know... but wolfram seems to work well enough. Both engines have there own idiosyncrasies. Wolfram is a bit more straightforward and I will use it in conjunction with Google to make a more informed synopsis.

1. All english words containing the letters "eue"

12 words found.

a. banlieue
b. banlieues
c. feued
d. queue
e. queued
f. queueing
g. queueings
h. queuer
i. queuers
j. queues
k. subfeued
l. unfeued

according to wordnavigator.com/contains/eue/, results for all english words containing "eue". Wolframalpha unable to compute question.

2. How much potassium in 4.7 oz of banana?

477 mg.

Both engines turned up results, although Wolfram showed no irrelevant info as Google did.

3. How old was Barack Obama on the day you were born?

Wolfram was more accurate on this one...Google has a copius amount of results and I did not want to search through to find the results that I am almost certain were there.

He was 19 yrs 11 mo. 4 days old the day I was born.



4. Date and time of the next total solar eclipse in Eugene?

I wonder if I will remember to look up in the sky at 11:25 PDT, Monday, August 21, 2017.

Both engines delivered accurate results.

5. What is the minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public?

Wolfram could not churn up any results for a minimum figure. Google's initial price $85. The both agreed with the stock high of $741.79.

6. Link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/Upc_A_Barcode/UPC_A_Sections.gif

7. How many vertices does an icosahedron have?

12



8. Distance from Eugene to Tokyo?

4886 miles.



9. Average Oregon income per capita?

$31,930



10. What is the Morse code for your first name?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+Morse+code+for+Serge%3F

http://www.csgnetwork.com/morsecodedeconv.html