The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the tower is 270 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 164 which is 388 feet above the ground. The tower is 526 feet tall. 164 ft 526 ft 388 ft 270 ft Photo remixed from work by Jiří Sedláček , CC-BY-SA Find the width of the tower at a height of 152 feet, to 1 decimal place.

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The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the tower
is 270 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 164 which is 388 feet above the ground. The tower is 526
feet tall.
164 ft
526 ft
388 ft
270 ft
Photo remixed from work by Jiří Sedláček , cC-BY-SA
Find the width of the tower at a height of 152 feet, to 1 decimal place.
feet.
Transcribed Image Text:The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of the bottom of the tower is 270 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 164 which is 388 feet above the ground. The tower is 526 feet tall. 164 ft 526 ft 388 ft 270 ft Photo remixed from work by Jiří Sedláček , cC-BY-SA Find the width of the tower at a height of 152 feet, to 1 decimal place. feet.
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