Why is the first address in a subnet reserved as the network address and the last as the broadcast address?

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Deepthi G P · Accepted Answer

Reserving the first address as network allows easy identification of the network, and the last address as broadcast is used to broadcast common messages to all devices in the network

Why is the first address in a subnet reserved as the network address and the last as the broadcast address?

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