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Determine reasonable values for a, b, and c so that the ellipsoid bears a reasonable rese...

Determine reasonable values for a, b, and c so that the ellipsoid

bears a reasonable resemblance to the surface of

(a) a rugby ball
(b) a cucumber
(c) the earth, an oblate spheroid where the distance from the center to the north or south pole is about 6350 km and the distance from the center to any point on the equator is about 6370 km.

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