Question

The Russo-Japanese War was a conflict between Russia and Japan that started in the year 1904.

Let xx represent any year. Write an inequality in terms of x and 1904 that is true only for values of x that represent years before the start of the Russo-Japanese War.

Answer 1

`x<1904`

Explanation:

Given : The Russo-Japanese War was a conflict between Russia and Japan that started in the year 1904.

To Find: Write an inequality in terms of x and 1904 that is true only for values of x that represent years before the start of the Russo-Japanese War.

Solution :

The year of the conflict is 1904.

We are given x that represents the year before the given year 1904.

Since we are given that x represents the year after the given year 1610.

⇒ x must be smaller than year 1904

Thus, the inequality becomes:

`x<1904`

Hence an inequality in terms of x and 1904 that is true only for values of x that represent years before the start of the Russo-Japanese War
`x<1904`