He will pay $179.4.
40% of 299 = 119.6
299-199.6 = 179.4
To check your answer (or another way to do it is) take 60% of 299 = 179.4
Given:

In the given figure, PS=x, RS=35, UV=20, VW=25 and TW=15
To find:
The scale factor from PQRS to TUVW.
Solution:
We have,

We know that the corresponding sides of similar figures are proportional. The scale factor is the ratio of one side of image and corresponding side of preimage.
The scale factor is:



Therefore, the scale factor from PQRS to TUVW is
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All you have to do is subtract 3/8 from 7 which would give you 9 and 1/3
So one coat uses 125 chinchillas . So, 10 * 125 will give you how many will give you 1250 chinchillas.. this is the number of chinchillas needed for 10 coats. So for 2 years you would have to multiply it by two so, 1250 * 2 = 2500.