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The width of the cooling tower is 80 meters

Ellipse

The standard form of an ellipse is:

$\frac{(x-h)^2}{b^2} + \frac{(y-k)^2}{a^2} =1$

Where (h, k) is the center of the ellipse, 2a is the major axis and 2b is the minor axis.

Given the equation:

$\frac{x^2}{289} + \frac{(y-70)^2}{1600} =1\\\\\frac{x^2}{17^2} + \frac{(y-70)^2}{40^2} =1$

The width of the cooling tower = 2(40) = 80 meters

The width of the cooling tower is 80 meters

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