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?
To determine the best buy, we need to calculate the total cost of each paver stone.
Paver 1: $1.49 each
Paver 2: $2.50 each
Paver 3: $0.75 each
Let's say Laila needs "x" paver stones of Paver 1.
Number of Paver 2 = 2x
Number of Paver 3 = x/2
Total cost of Paver 1 = $1.49 * x
Total cost of Paver 2 = $2.50 * (2x) = $5.00x
Total cost of Paver 3 = $0.75 * (x/2) = $0.375x
Now we can compare the total costs.
Paver 1: Cost = $1.49x
Paver 2: Cost = $5.00x
Paver 3: Cost = $0.375x
Since we want to find the best price, we need to compare the costs per paver stone.
Paver 1: Cost per paver = $1.49
Paver 2: Cost per paver = $5.00/2 = $2.50
Paver 3: Cost per paver = $0.375 * 2 = $0.75
From the calculations, we can see that Paver 3 has the best price of $0.75 per paver stone.