SOLUTION: how many integers lie between 3 and 98 exclusive?

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Question 466546: how many integers lie between 3 and 98 exclusive?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, richard1234:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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how many integers lie between 3 and 98 exclusive?
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How many integers lie between 2 and 7 exclusive?
Ans: 2,3,4,5,6,7
To get that answer 7-2 = 5
Answer you would want: 5-1 = 4
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Similarly:
98-3 = 95
one less is 94 is the answer you want.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have the set {3,4,5,...98}, if you subtract 2 from every number in the set, you get a new set {1,2,3,...,96}. This implies both sets have 96 elements.