The cross section of a cooling tower of a nuclear power plant is in the shape of a hyperbola, and can be modeled by the equation.
where
a. Determine the diameter of the tower at the base. Round to the nearest meter.
b. Determine the diameter of the tower at the top. Round to the nearest meter.

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