Google/Wolfram Alpha Compare and Contrast

Prior to starting assignment please open up both Wolfram Alpha and Google on separate tabs at the top of your browser. You will only be searching the bold phrases. 1. Enter the equation 250y=300,000 into both Google and Wolfram Alpha. a. What is the answer? b. Which search engine found the information faster? Enter in the Spanish phrase No Hablo Espanol into both search engines. a. What does the phrase mean in Spanish? b. Which search engine found the information faster? Enter current weather into both search engines. a. What is the temperature? b. Which search engine has a more accurate result (or are they the same)? Enter melting point of a diamond into both search engines. a. At what temperature will a diamond melt in degree Celsius? b. Which search engine gave you better results? Enter directions from Urbana, Ohio to Miami, Florida into both browsers. a. What is the exact distance from Urbana to Miami? b. What is the driving distance from Urbana to Miami? c. Which search engine was it easier to find direction on? Enter Milky Way mass into both search engines. a. What is the weight of the Milky Way in kg? b. What is the weight in lbs? c. Which search engine had better results? Enter Michael Jordan into both search engines. a. Where was Michael Jordan born? b. What year did he enter the NBA? c. Which search engine gave you better results? Enter list of American Presidents into both search engines. a. Who is the 22 president of the United States? b. Which site gave you better results? Enter Urbana High School into both search engines. a. How many teachers work in the high school? b. How many students attend the high school? c. Which site gave better results? Enter volume of a cylinder into both search engines. a. How do you find the volume of a cylinder? b. Which site gave you better information? Enter Battle of Thermopylae into both search engines. a. What modern country was the battle in? b. Why was the battle important? c. Which site gave you the best information? Enter speed of light into both search engines. a. What is the speed of light? b. Which search engine gave you better information? a. What searches would you prefer to do on Google? b. What searches would you prefer to do on Wolfram Alpha?

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