SOLUTION: The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom tower is 285 feet. The smallest diameter of the rower is 156 feet which is 422.5 feet

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Question 1143997: The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom tower is 285 feet. The smallest diameter of the rower is 156 feet which is 422.5 feet above the ground. The tower is 573 feet tall
Find the width of the tower at a height of 40 feet
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