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Hamburgers cost $2.50 and cheeseburgers cost $3.50 at a snack bar. Ben has sold no more than $30 worth of hamburgers and cheeseburgers in the first hour of business. Let x represent the number of hamburgers and y represent the number of cheeseburgers. The inequality 2.50x + 3.50y ≤ 30 represents the food sales in the first hour. If Ben has sold 4 cheeseburgers, what is the maximum value of hamburgers Ben could have sold?

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6 is the maximum value of hamburgers Ben could have sold.
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Ben could have sold no more than 6 burgers.
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