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)
To determine which paver is the best buy, we need to compare the prices of all three pavers.
First, let's find out how many paver stones Laila needs of each type.
Given that she needs twice as many paver 2 stones as paver 1, we can calculate the quantity of paver 2 stones as follows:
Quantity of paver 2 = 2 * (quantity of paver 1)
Given that she needs half as many paver 3 stones as paver 1, we can calculate the quantity of paver 3 stones as follows:
Quantity of paver 3 = (1/2) * (quantity of paver 1)
Now, let's calculate the cost for each paver type based on their prices and quantities required.
Cost of paver 1 = $1.49 * quantity of paver 1
Cost of paver 2 = $2.50 * quantity of paver 2
Cost of paver 3 = $0.75 * quantity of paver 3
To find the best buy, we need to compare the costs of each paver.
Substituting the calculated values, we get:
Cost of paver 1 = $1.49 * quantity of paver 1
Cost of paver 2 = $2.50 * 2 * (quantity of paver 1)
Cost of paver 3 = $0.75 * (1/2) * (quantity of paver 1)
To simplify the comparison, let's assume the quantity of paver 1 as a variable, say x.
Cost of paver 1 = $1.49 * x
Cost of paver 2 = $2.50 * (2 * x)
Cost of paver 3 = $0.75 * ((1/2) * x)
Now, we can calculate the cost for each paver type:
Cost of paver 1 = $1.49 * x = 1.49x
Cost of paver 2 = $2.50 * (2 * x) = 5x
Cost of paver 3 = $0.75 * ((1/2) * x) = 0.375x
To determine the best buy, we need to find the paver type with the lowest cost.
Comparing the costs:
Cost of paver 1 = 1.49x
Cost of paver 2 = 5x
Cost of paver 3 = 0.375x
Based on the comparisons, we can see that the cost of paver 1 (1.49x) is generally the lowest, except for extremely low values of x where the cost of paver 3 (0.375x) might be lower. However, since we do not know the specific value of x, we can't determine which paver is the best buy.
Therefore, the answer cannot be determined with the given information.
To determine which paver is the best buy, let's compare the costs of each paver.
Paver 1 costs $1.49 each.
Paver 2 costs $2.50 each.
Paver 3 costs $0.75 each.
Now, we need to consider the quantities of each paver that Laila needs.
Laila needs twice as many paver 2 as paver 1.
Laila needs half as many paver 3 as paver 1.
Let's calculate the quantities:
Quantity of Paver 2 = 2 * Quantity of Paver 1
Quantity of Paver 3 = 1/2 * Quantity of Paver 1
Since the quantities are not explicitly mentioned in the question, we'll assume a constant value for Quantity of Paver 1 for the purpose of comparison. Let's assume Quantity of Paver 1 = 1.
Quantity of Paver 2 = 2 * 1 = 2
Quantity of Paver 3 = 1/2 * 1 = 0.5
Now, let's calculate the total cost for each paver:
Total cost of Paver 1 = Quantity of Paver 1 * Cost of Paver 1 = 1 * $1.49 = $1.49
Total cost of Paver 2 = Quantity of Paver 2 * Cost of Paver 2 = 2 * $2.50 = $5.00
Total cost of Paver 3 = Quantity of Paver 3 * Cost of Paver 3 = 0.5 * $0.75 = $0.38
Comparing the total costs:
Total cost of Paver 1 = $1.49
Total cost of Paver 2 = $5.00
Total cost of Paver 3 = $0.38
From the calculations, we can see that Paver 3 has the lowest total cost, which makes it the best buy. Therefore,
Paver [3] will be the best buy.
To determine the best buy, we will compare the total cost of each type of paver stone for the given quantities needed.
Let's say Laila needs x pavers of type 1.
According to the given information, she will need twice as many pavers of type 2, so she will need 2x pavers of type 2.
She will need half as many as pavers of type 3, so she will need (1/2)x pavers of type 3.
The cost of paver 1 is $1.49 each, so the total cost of paver 1 is 1.49x.
The cost of paver 2 is $2.50 each, so the total cost of paver 2 is 2.50(2x) = 5x.
The cost of paver 3 is $0.75 each, so the total cost of paver 3 is 0.75(1/2)x = 0.375x.
Now, let's compare the total costs:
Total Cost of Paver 1: 1.49x
Total Cost of Paver 2: 5x
Total Cost of Paver 3: 0.375x
To find the best buy, we need to compare these costs.
Looking at the given options, the best buy will be the paver that has the lowest total cost.
Comparing the three costs, we see that the smallest total cost is for Paver 3, which is 0.375x.
Thus, the best buy is Paver 3.
So, the answer is 3.