Question 252668: There is a mile marker every mile on the trail. Between mile 32 and 237,
how many mile markers?
A) 203 B) 204 C) 205 D) 206 E) 207 Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a trick question in several ways.
When you subtract 32 from 237 you get 205.
but what exactly is the 205?
Does 205 include 32 and/or 237? It includes only one of them.
Do we want to include 32 and 237?
If we take the question literally "between" does not include 32 nor 237.
So the answer should be 204 if we take the question literally.
We would only want from 33 to 236 which has 204 markers inclusive.
If we want to include both 32 and 237 then the answer is 206.
