document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1205329>Question 1205329</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A natural draft cooling tower is shaped like a hyperbola For more efficient cooling of power plants. The hyperbola of the tower can be molded by x^2/16 - y^2/225 = 1 with 200m height. Find the width of the top and the narrowest in the middle  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A natural draft cooling tower is shaped like a hyperbola For more efficient cooling of power plants. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hyperbola of the tower can be molded by x^2/16 - y^2/225 = 1 with 200m height. Find the width of the top and the narrowest in the middle <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    A natural draft cooling tower is 200 m height and is shaped like a hyperbola for more efficient cooling of power plants. \r\n" );
document.write( "    If the transverse axis of the hyperbola is placed horizontally at the height of the middle of the tower, \r\n" );
document.write( "    where its width is narrowest, then the equation of the hyperbola is  x^2/16 - y^2/225 = 1. \r\n" );
document.write( "    Find the width of the tower at the top and the narrowest in the middle. \r\n" );
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