A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with equation x² /90² - y² /130² - = 1. The tower is 450 ft tall,

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A cross section of a nuclear cooling tower is a hyperbola with equation
  x² /90² - y² /130² - = 1. 
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.

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