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Instant answers are available in the following categories:

Area Codes

Find out where an area code is located. Find the area code for a particular place, or find the country or region code. In the search box, type the area code followed by the words area code. Or, type area code followed by the city and state, the zip code, or the postal code.

Conversions

Convert units of measurements for distance, weight, time, volume, and temperature. You can also include mathematical expressions in some conversion questions to get a calculated, converted answer.

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How many seconds in a day
What is 50 degrees F in Celsius
How many kilometers in a light year

Dictionary

Get a dictionary definition for a word. Type define, definition, or what is followed by the word that you want to define.

Encyclopedia

Find answers and facts, including astronomical locations, geographical locations, historical figures, and many other categories.

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Population of Ireland
Who won super bowl XXX?
fear of cats
Ernest Hemingway birthday
Christmas 2009

Finance

Get the latest quotes for one or more companies, funds, or indexes by typing the company symbol, or fund or index name and then the word quote or stock.

To see the finance answer in action, try some of these examples:

Single stock quote:MSFT quote
Multiple stock quotes: MSFT GOOG YHOO quote

You can also get international security quotes by typing a country/region code, followed by a colon (:), followed by the ticker symbol.

Notes

Where applicable, searches on numeric or local code symbols are supported.
Quotes are based on the stock's or fund's domicile exchange.
Some features, such as chart data and mutual funds, are currently available only in select countries and regions.
If you aren't sure of the ticker symbol, you can find it by searching for the company name, followed by ticker symbol.

Flight Deals

Get quick access to flight deals and cheap tickets.

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Deals on specific routes: flights from Seattle to Boston
Deals from a specific city: flights from San Diego
Deals to a specific city: flights to Boston

Flight Status

Make sure you're not late to the airport using the flight status answer.

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flight status for United
flight status
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Health

Get medical information, such as descriptions, symptoms, causes, tests, and treatments for many diseases and conditions.

Holidays

Find the date of a holiday; just type the holiday and year.

Hotels

Find a great place to stay wherever you're going with the hotels answer.

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Vegas hotels
hotels in Orlando
San Francisco hotels

Local Listings

Find as many as three business or residential listings when Bing has matching information in the online directory. Type the location, and the name of the business or individual.

Notes

The location must always correspond to a city and state, a ZIP code, or a postal code.
Click an answer listing to see available details about the business listing, such as the hours of operation, the address, and the phone number.

Math

Find basic mathematical operators, exponents, roots, factorials, modulo, percentages, logarithms, trigonometry functions, and mathematical constants. In the search box, type the equation that you want to solve or the constant that you want to find the value of.

The following examples show some of the calculations and conversions that you can type in the search box.

Calculations: Get answers to arithmetic problems. For example:
- 5+3/1-(6*2)
- sqrt 9
- sin 100 * 50
- 32% of 54
Equation solver: Solve simple algebraic equations. For example:
- 4x=19
- 2y^2 + 5y + 10 = 40
- Solve 2x + 7 = 4

Note

For more mathematical symbols that you can use in expressions and equations, see Mathematical notations for use with Math Answers.

Movies

Find movies that are playing in theaters near you or in another city. In the search box, type:

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Name of a theater: Bella Botega
Movies showing in a specific town: movies Redmond
Title of a movie: State of Play
Specific movie in a specific town: earth Redmond
All movies of a genre or rating: PG movies

Music

Follow the news of your favorite musician or musical group.

News

Keep up with the latest news on any topic. Because popular news topics can change quickly, the same search terms don't always return a news answer.

Shopping

Find popular products at online retailers. Type the product category or the brand name that you want to find.

Sports

Get real-time scores, schedules, and player statistics for football, basketball, baseball, and more.

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Athletes: Koby Bryant
Teams: Seattle Mariners
Scores from a specific day: baseball April 15
Recent scores for leagues: NBA

Track a package

Find the status of packages that have been shipped to you. Type the name of the shipping company (UPS, DHL, etc.), and the tracking number for the package that you want to track.

Weather

Get the weather forecast and current conditions of most cities and locations. Type weather or forecast followed by a city or location.