SOLUTION: In 2010, approximately 294 billion e-mail messages were sent each day. The number of spam messages was about nine times the number of nonspam messages. How many of each type of mes

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Question 790733: In 2010, approximately 294 billion e-mail messages were sent each day. The number of spam messages was about nine times the number of nonspam messages. How many of each type of messages were sent each day in 2010?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = number of non-spam messages

x + 9x = 294 billion
10x = 294 billion
x = 29.4 billion

Every day, there were 29.4 billion non-spam messages and 264.6 billion spam messages.