[quote author=Pecker link=board=sex;num=1061589610;start=20#20 date=08/30/03 at 07:17:26]Can any of you math wizards do anything with this formula for an ellipsoid?
(4/3)*pi*r1*r2*r3
It's from [ftp]http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/gather/formula/[/ftp]
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Thanks for finding that!
It's a lot simpler than I was thinking. I was remembering
the area of an elipse involved some sort of eccentricity
factor and I had no idea what that would be.
Also we can figure out the real answer without dunking
body parts. I'd prefer to stay dry anyway.
Anyway looking at the equation, it can be simplified
further ... instead of dividing each of length, bredth and
width by 2, it's faster to just multiply them all together
and divide by 8. And then since you are multiplying
by 4/3 pi anyway you can cancel the fours and you are
left with:
(a*b*c*pi)/6
where a, b, and c, are length, width, and height.
I tried it on myself ... I got 6 by 4 by 3, which
works out to 12*pi or 37.7 cc.
Looking on the internet I found a normal range of
15 to 30 cc, with an average of 18.6 cc.
So ... I'm officially "abnormally large".
But just barely so ... oh well.
-- Erik