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 numb

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To determine which paver is the best buy, we need to calculate the total cost for each type of paver.

Let's say Laila needs x number of paver 3.
Therefore, she needs 2x paver 2.
And she needs (1/2)x paver 1.

The total cost for paver 3 would be 0.75 * x = 0.75x dollars.
The total cost for paver 2 would be 2.50 * 2x = 5x dollars.
The total cost for paver 1 would be 1.49 * (1/2)x = 0.745x dollars.

To compare the costs, we need to find the paver with the lowest total cost.
Comparing the total costs, we can see that the paver with the lowest total cost is 0.745x dollars.

Thus, paver 1 is the best buy.

Please note that the answer is in terms of x, as we don't have specific information about the number of paver stones Laila needs.