Question

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.

Answer 1

he could only sell 6 burgers

(2.50 x 6) + (3.50 x 4) = 29
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