A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with the equation (x ^ 2)/(90 ^ 2) - (y ^ 2)/(130 ^ 2) = 1 The tower is 450 ft. tall and the distance from the top of the tower to the center of the hyperbola is half the distance from the base of the tower to the center of the hyperbola. Find the diameter of the top and the base of the tower.

A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with the equation (x ^ 2)/(90 ^ 2) - (y ^ 2)/(130 ^ 2) = 1 The tower is 450 ft. tall and the distance from the top of the tower to the center of the hyperbola is half the distance from the base of the tower to the center of the hyperbola. Find the diameter of the top and the base of the tower.

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter11: Topics From Analytic Geometry

Section11.3: Hyperbolas

Problem 44E

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