document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=208476>Question 208476</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In november 2005, Google and Yahoo search engines were used to conduct a total of 3.57 billion online searches. Google was used to conduct 0.53 billion more searches than yahoo. How many searches were conducted on each  search engine? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G + Y = 3.57 billion<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G = Y + 0.53<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to solve Y:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y + 0.53 + Y = 3.57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2Y = 3.04<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y = 1.52 billion (# of Yahoo searches)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "G = 1.52+0.53 = 2.03 billion (# of Google searches)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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