Applications to Conics Solve. vertical A=9m 1) The roof of a building is in the shape of the hyperbola y2 - x2 = 15, where x and y walls. are in meters. Refer to the figure and determine the height h of the outside h A 51 y vertex sun +C y X A → Name Class h Date * 2) A nuclear cooling tower cross section is a hyperbola having a diameter of 60 ft at the center. The distance between the two foci is 98 ft. What is the equation for the hyperbola? x2 y2 3) A comet follows the hyperbolic path described by 67) 2 4 ру 19 in millions of miles. If the sun is the focus of the path, how close to the sun is the vertex of the path? = 1, where x and y are SEX asl Go f