Let's dive into this subtraction. We'll start with 74211 and subtract 22489 from it.

Step 1: We'll start by subtracting the digit 9 and the borrow 0 from 1 in column 1 and get -8.
We add -8 to 10 and get 2 as the first digit of the result.

Step 2: We'll start by subtracting the digit 8 and the borrow 1 from 1 in column 2 and get -8.
We add -8 to 10 and get 2 as the next digit of the result.

Step 3: We'll start by subtracting the digit 4 and the borrow 1 from 2 in column 3 and get -3.
We add -3 to 10 and get 7 as the next digit of the result.

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 2 and the borrow 1 from 4 in column 4 and get 1.
1 is the next digit of our result.

Step 5: We'll start by subtracting the digit 2 and the borrow 0 from 7 in column 5 and get 5.
5 is the next digit of our result.

So, 74211 - 22489 = 51722.