Predecessor of a negative number -2 is -3.True or false

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True. Predecessor means the number just behind the given number. For example if the given number is 2 then the predecessor is 1 which is 1 less than the given number. Given the number is -2. When 1 goes from -2 that is -2 -1=-3. Hence the answer is -3

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