Laila is laying a path down for a new driveway. The store has three types of paver stones that will work for her space. She needs to know which paver is the best price. Paver 1 costs $1.49 each, and she will need twice as many as paver 2 and half as many as paver 3. Paver 2 costs $2.50 each. Paver 3 costs $0.75. Which paver will be the best buy? Your answer should be a number. (1 point)

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Laila is laying a path down for a new driveway. The store has three types of paver stones that will work for her space. She needs to know which paver is the best price. Paver 1 costs $1.49 each, and she will need twice as many as paver 2 and half as many as paver 3. Paver 2 costs $2.50 each. Paver 3 costs $0.75. Which paver will be the best buy? Your answer should be a number. (1 point)

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Answer 1

To determine which paver is the best buy, we need to calculate the cost for each paver stone.

Paver 1 costs $1.49 each, and Laila needs twice as many of Paver 2. So, she will need 2 * $1.49 = $2.98 worth of Paver 1.

Paver 2 costs $2.50 each, and she needs twice as many as Paver 1. So, she will need 2 * $2.50 = $5 worth of Paver 2.

Paver 3 costs $0.75 each, and she needs half as many as Paver 1. So, she will need 0.5 * $0.75 = $0.375 worth of Paver 3.

Comparing the costs, we find that Paver 1 costs $2.98, Paver 2 costs $5, and Paver 3 costs $0.375.

Therefore, the best buy is Paver 3, which costs $0.375.

Answer 2

1: $1.49

Paver 2: $2.50
Paver 3: $0.75

Since Laila needs twice as many Paver 2 and half as many as Paver 3, let's calculate the quantities she needs:

Quantity of Paver 2 = 2 * Quantity of Paver 3

Now, since we don't have the specific quantities, let's assign a variable to the quantity of Paver 3:

Let x = Quantity of Paver 3

Quantity of Paver 2 = 2 * x = 2x

Quantity of Paver 1 = 0.5 * x = 0.5x

Now, let's calculate the total cost for each paver type:

Total cost of Paver 1 = Paver 1 cost * Quantity of Paver 1 = $1.49 * 0.5x = $0.745x
Total cost of Paver 2 = Paver 2 cost * Quantity of Paver 2 = $2.50 * 2x = $5x
Total cost of Paver 3 = Paver 3 cost * Quantity of Paver 3 = $0.75 * x = $0.75x

We need to find the paver with the lowest total cost. Comparing the total costs:

Total cost of Paver 1 = $0.745x
Total cost of Paver 2 = $5x
Total cost of Paver 3 = $0.75x

Since we need to find the paver with the best price, we are looking for the lowest total cost.

Comparing the total costs, we see that the lowest total cost is for Paver 1, which costs $0.745x. Therefore, Paver 1 is the best buy.

However, we don't have a specific value for x so we cannot determine the exact cost. Therefore, the answer cannot be a specific number.

Answer 3

To determine which paver is the best buy, we need to compare the prices of each paver. The options are Paver 1, Paver 2, and Paver 3.

First, let's calculate the number of paver stones needed for each type:
- Paver 1: Laila needs twice as many paver 2, so if she needs x number of paver 2, she will need 2x number of paver 1.
- Paver 2: Laila needs twice as many paver 3, so if she needs y number of paver 3, she will need 2y number of paver 2.
- Paver 3: No adjustment is needed.

Now, let's calculate the total cost for each type of paver:
- Paver 1 cost: $1.49 per paver * 2x number of pavers needed.
- Paver 2 cost: $2.50 per paver * 2y number of pavers needed.
- Paver 3 cost: $0.75 per paver * y number of pavers needed.

To find the best buy, we compare the total cost of each paver option and choose the one with the lowest total cost.

Please provide the values of x and y, as the number of pavers needed for pavers 2 and 3 so that I can calculate the total cost and determine the best buy.