The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the tower is 256 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 129 feet which is 409 feet above the ground. The tower is 518 feet tall. Find the width of the tower at a height of 214 feet. 129 ft 518 409 256 ft.

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