Ping's Ice Cream Palace offers a special sundae that contains over 2 kilograms of ice cream plus any number of toppings.Write an inequality that describes k, the weight of the special sundae in kilograms.
Q. Ping's Ice Cream Palace offers a special sundae that contains over 2 kilograms of ice cream plus any number of toppings.Write an inequality that describes k, the weight of the special sundae in kilograms.
Define k as weight: Let k represent the weight of the special sundae in kilograms. According to the problem, the special sundae contains over 2 kilograms of ice cream. This means that the weight of the sundae must be greater than 2 kilograms.
Use inequality symbol: To express this mathematically, we use the inequality symbol '>'. The inequality that describes k is therefore k > 2.
Interpret the inequality: This inequality shows that the weight of the sundae, k, must be any number that is greater than 2. It does not include 2 itself, because the problem specifies "over 2 kilograms," not "2 kilograms or more."
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