SOLUTION: tickets numbered 89 to 224 was sold at a concert. how many tickets were sold

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Question 635782: tickets numbered 89 to 224 was sold at a concert. how many tickets were sold
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224 - 89 + 1. Add 1 to account for the zero-based count.

Here's why: Subtract 89 from 89 to get zero, then subtract 89 from 224. Now count the tickets starting at zero; it is just the larger number plus 1.

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