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In the study of the conic section of the geometry, An ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, or foci where the set of all locus of points in the plane has their sum of the distances to the two foci is constant. On the ellipse curve, it is…

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Chapter 8.3, Problem 43E

Earth's Volume Most people assume that the Earth has a spherical shape. It is actually more of an ellipsoid shape. but not an exact ellipsoid, since there are numerous mountains and valleys. Researchers have found that a datum. or a reference ellipsoid, that is offset from the center of the Earth can be used to accurately map different regions. According to one datum, called the Geodetic Reference System 1980, this reference ellipsoid assumes an equatorial radius of 6,378,137 m and a polar radius of 6,356,752.3141 m. Source: Geodesy Information System. Use the result of Exercise 24 to estimate the volume of the Earth.

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