please show work The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of thetower is 288 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 162 feet which is 402 feet above the ground. Thetower is 542 feet tall.Find the width of the tower at a height of 86 feet.162 ft542202288 ftfeet.

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The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the cower is 288 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 162 feet which is 402 feet above the ground. The tower is 542 feet tall. Find the width of the tower at a height of 86 feet.