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An architect was commissioned to design a nuclear explosion resistant building in the shape of a
hollow ellipsoid with a soli

An architect was commissioned to design a nuclear explosion resistant building in the shape of a hollow ellipsoid with a solid concrete floor. The building has to be 30 meters wide, 40 meters tall, and 50 meters long. If the wall thickness should not be less than 1 meter and the floor thickness should not be less than 2 meters, estimate the least amount of concrete needed for the building. Hint: A circle is to an ellipse, as a sphere is to an ellipsoid.


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SOLUTION: Volume of an Ellipsoid is calculated by the following formula: V = (4/3) abc ...(1) Here, a = radius of major axis along horizontal centre b = radius of minor axis along horizo
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