Question

Question 12

The successor of, the predecessor of -50 is

(a) -48

(b) -49

(c) -50

(d) -51

Answer 1

Ans. (c)
To find the predecessor of a number we subtract 1 from the number.

The predecessor of -50 = -50 -1 = -51

To find the successor of a number we add 1 to the number.

The successor of -51 = -51 + 1 = -50

Hence the successor of, the predecessor of -50 is -50.