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.

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Laila needs to compare the prices of the pavers in terms of the price per unit.

Paver 2 costs $2.50 each.

She needs twice as many pavers as paver 2, so she will need 2 * $2.50 = $<<2*2.50=5>>5 worth of pavers.

Paver 3 costs $0.75 each.

She needs half as many pavers as paver 3, so she will need 0.5 * $0.75 = $<<0.5*0.75=0.375>>0.375 worth of pavers.

Paver 1 costs $1.49 each.

Therefore, the best buy would be paver 3, as it will cost less than paver 1 and paver 2.
the answer is 2
Apologies for the confusion in the previous response. I made an error in the calculation.

To determine the best buy, we need to compare the prices per unit for each type of paver.

Paver 1 costs $1.49 each.

Paver 2 costs $2.50 each.

Paver 3 costs $0.75 each.

Since there is no information given about the quantity of each paver needed, we cannot directly compare the prices. Additional information is required to determine the best buy.
CORRECT answer is Paver 2 which costs $2.50 each