Question

The Holy Roman Empire was a group of regions in Central Europe that was held together by a political union. The Holy Roman Empire was formed in the year 962. Let x represent any year. Write an inequality in terms of x and 962 that is true only for values of x that represent years before the year that the Holy Roman Empire formed.

Answer 1

X < 962  
Since the Holy Roman Empire was established in 962 and you want values of x that happened before that year, you want x to be less than 962. And conveniently then less than operator ( < ) is used for that. So x < 962.

Answer 2

Answer: $x$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The Holy Roman Empire was a group of regions in Central Europe that was held together by a political union.

The Holy Roman Empire was formed in the year 962.

Let x represent any year.

The years before 962 ( i.e. less than 962) is represented by :-

$x$

Therefore, the inequality in terms of x and 962 that is true only for values of x that represent years before the year that the Holy Roman Empire formed:

$x$