Help with practice subnetting question

in CCNA & CCENT
Hi all, can I please get some assistance with my answer to this practice question, in whether or not it's correct?. Ignore the "give your suggestion of trouble shooting procedure" part but more so the second part about identifying the connectivity problem.

My answer: The failure of connectivity to the company printer is because the wrong subnet mask has been entered, the current configured subnet mask of 255.255.255.214 places the printers IP address into a non-existent network of 192.168.5.66. The printer needs to be configured with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.224, so the printers IP address of 192.168.5.98 falls into a valid 192.168.5.96 network. The second issue found is the broadcast address for that network 192.168.5.255, has been entered as the default gateway address.
thanks guys!!

My answer: The failure of connectivity to the company printer is because the wrong subnet mask has been entered, the current configured subnet mask of 255.255.255.214 places the printers IP address into a non-existent network of 192.168.5.66. The printer needs to be configured with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.224, so the printers IP address of 192.168.5.98 falls into a valid 192.168.5.96 network. The second issue found is the broadcast address for that network 192.168.5.255, has been entered as the default gateway address.
thanks guys!!
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