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Given a math problem with context and a question and 5 answer choices, the task is to provide the correct answer choice based on the problem. You must choose one of the given answer choices by letter: a, b, c, d, or e; anything else is invalid.

Problem: at garage sale, all of the prices of the items sold were different. if the price of a radio sold at the garage sale was both the 9 th highest price and the 35 th lowest price among the prices of the items sold, how many items were sold at the garage sale ?
Options: a. 43, b. 28, c. 44, d. 49, e. 46
Output:
a