Given that −24<A<39 , let x and y be the maximum and minimum integer values, respectively, of −2A+5.

Question

What is x and y?

Answer 1

-2(-24)+5 = 53
-2(39)+5 = -73

so the result z is

-73 < z < 53

Now the answer should be clear.
Note that it is not
x = 53
y = -73