A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with the equation x2 y2 902 1302 The tower is 450 ft. tall and the distance from the top of the tower to the center of the hyperbola is half the distance from the base of the tower to the center of the hyperbola. Find the diameter of the top and the base of the tower. P(X1. Y1) 450 ft (X2. Y2) 1 Add file
A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with the equation x2 y2 902 1302 The tower is 450 ft. tall and the distance from the top of the tower to the center of the hyperbola is half the distance from the base of the tower to the center of the hyperbola. Find the diameter of the top and the base of the tower. P(X1. Y1) 450 ft (X2. Y2) 1 Add file
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Chapter11: Topics From Analytic Geometry
Section11.1: Parabolas
Problem 51E
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![A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with the equation
x2
y?
= 1
90²¯ 130²
The tower is 450 ft. tall and the distance from the top of the tower to the center of the hyperbola is
half the distance from the base of the tower to the center of the hyperbola. Find the diameter of
the top and the base of the tower.
(X1. Y1)
450 ft
(X2. Y2)
1 Add file](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2cd4a267-1dd9-4a6f-b898-0b2bee83e4a7%2F7680731d-ece2-4195-b84a-5c8cebf2fa00%2F7jag9b_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with the equation
x2
y?
= 1
90²¯ 130²
The tower is 450 ft. tall and the distance from the top of the tower to the center of the hyperbola is
half the distance from the base of the tower to the center of the hyperbola. Find the diameter of
the top and the base of the tower.
(X1. Y1)
450 ft
(X2. Y2)
1 Add file
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