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(Solved): HEEELLLLLPPPPPPP The sides of a nuclear power plant cooling tower form a hyperbola. The diameter of ...
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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 264 feet. The smallest diameter of the tower is 133 feet which is 394.5 feet above the ground. The tower is 525 feet tall. Find the width of the tower at a height of 125 feet.
What is the length of the transverse axis?
Expert Answer
Given:Diameter of the bottom of the tower = feetThe smallest diameter of the tower = feet Height of the tower = feetTo find the width of the tower at a height of feet, we can use the equation of the hyperbola. The standard equation for a hyperbola in the form of is typically used when the transverse axis is horizontal.