The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the tower is 266 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 139 feet which is 380.5 feet above the ground. The tower is 539 feet tall. Find the width of the tower at a height of 122 feet. 139 ft 539 380.5 266 ft

The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the tower is 266 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 139 feet which is 380.5 feet above the ground. The tower is 539 feet tall. Find the width of the tower at a height of 122 feet. 139 ft 539 380.5 266 ft

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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