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)

Question

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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kana · Accepted Answer

its paver 2

GPT 3.5 · Answer

To find the best buy, we need to compare the price per unit of each paver.

Let's calculate the number of paver stones needed for each type:

Paver 2: x
Paver 1: 2x
Paver 3: x/2

Now, let's calculate the price per unit for each paver:

Paver 1: $1.49/2x = $0.745/x
Paver 2: $2.50/x
Paver 3: $0.75/(x/2) = $1.50/x

To find the best buy, we need to find the paver with the lowest price per unit.

Comparing the three prices per unit, we can see that Paver 1 has the lowest price per unit at $0.745/x.

So, the best buy is Paver 1.