Leila 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 pavers best price paver one cost $1.49 each and she will need twice as many as paper 2 1/2 as many as paver three paver two cost 250 each paver three cost $.75 each which paver will be the Best Buy. You should answer your answer should be a number.
To determine the Best Buy paver, we need to compare the prices per unit for each paver type.
Paver 1: $1.49 each
Paver 2: $250 each
Paver 3: $0.75 each
Since Leila needs twice as many paver 1 as paver 3, and 2 1/2 times as many paver 3 as paver 2, we can calculate the total cost for each paver type.
Let's consider the quantity of paver 3 as "x".
Quantity of paver 2 = 2.5x
Quantity of paver 1 = 2 * (2.5x) = 5x
Total cost for paver 1 = 5x * $1.49 = $7.45x
Total cost for paver 2 = (2.5x) * $250 = $625x
Total cost for paver 3 = x * $0.75 = $0.75x
Now, we can compare the total costs per unit for each paver:
Cost per unit for paver 1 = $7.45x / 5x = $1.49
Cost per unit for paver 2 = $625x / (2.5x) = $250
Cost per unit for paver 3 = $0.75x / x = $0.75
Comparing these costs, we can see that paver 3 is the Best Buy, as it has the lowest cost per unit of $0.75.