Let's call the lengths of our two types of sides <em />

and

.
The two sides will that our 1.3 inches bigger than the third side will be have length x, and the length of the other side will be known as y. Thus,

.
Considering this, we can add our sides together and set this value equal to 8, given the information in the problem:

Now, let's solve for y.



Now, we are not done yet. We must determine the true lengths of all of our sides. Using the equation we found earlier, the length of the two bigger sides is

inches and the length of our smaller side is simply

inches.
To verify, we can add these sides together and check that they equal 8:
3.1 + 3.1 + 1.8 = 8 ✔
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The power station is located 5 miles west and 6 miles north of the center of town. So if we try to locate the above points on a Cartesian plane. The co-ordinates of these points will be (-5,6).
And it is also mentioned that a power outage affected all homes and businesses within a 3 mile radius of the power station. So if we plot all the furthest points from the station affected by the power outage it will be a circle of radius 3 miles and center at (-5,6).
The equation of a circle with center (a,b) and radius r is given by :

Hence the equation of the resulting circle will be: 
The summation indicates the sum from n = 1 to n = 3 of the expression 2(n+5).
2 (n+5) = 2n + 10
2n + 10 denotes an Arithmetic Series, with a common difference of two and first term as 12.
For n =1, it equals 12
For n = 2, it equals 14
For n = 3, it equals 16
So the sum from n=1 to n=3 will be 12 + 14 + 16 = 42
Sum of an Arithmetic Series can also be written as:

Using the value of a₁ and d, we can simplify the expression as:

This expression is equivalent to the given expression and will yield the same result.
For n=3, we get the sum as:
S₃ = 3(11+3) = 42
1.98
1.98*100
198
Multiplying by 1.98 is the same as increasing by 198%.