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From the Ted Talk by R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

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And the crux of the matter was, however, getting more from less. All the time, you have been given an envelope. You can't cross that envelope, which is 100,000 rupees, 2,000 dlrlaos. And therefore, each component had to have a dual functionality. And the seat reisr, for example, serving as a mnotuing for the seat as well as a structural part of the fiaoutnncl rigidity. Half the number of parts are contained in Nano in comparison to a tpcayil passenger car. The length is smaller by eight penerct by the way. But the current entry-level cars in comparison to that is eight percent less, but 21 percent more inside space.

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And the crux of the matter was, however, getting more from less. All the time, you have been given an envelope. You can't cross that envelope, which is 100,000 rupees, 2,000 _______. And therefore, each component had to have a dual functionality. And the seat _____, for example, serving as a ________ for the seat as well as a structural part of the __________ rigidity. Half the number of parts are contained in Nano in comparison to a _______ passenger car. The length is smaller by eight _______ by the way. But the current entry-level cars in comparison to that is eight percent less, but 21 percent more inside space.

Solution

  1. functional
  2. riser
  3. mounting
  4. dollars
  5. percent
  6. typical

Original Text

And the crux of the matter was, however, getting more from less. All the time, you have been given an envelope. You can't cross that envelope, which is 100,000 rupees, 2,000 dollars. And therefore, each component had to have a dual functionality. And the seat riser, for example, serving as a mounting for the seat as well as a structural part of the functional rigidity. Half the number of parts are contained in Nano in comparison to a typical passenger car. The length is smaller by eight percent by the way. But the current entry-level cars in comparison to that is eight percent less, but 21 percent more inside space.

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