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.Write the predecessor of in natural number $1$

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Step $1$ ;Find the predecessor of 1 in natural number.
Step $2$ ; The predecessor of a number is one less than the given number.
$\Rightarrow 1 - 1 = 0$
And, $0$ is not a natural number.
Hence, there is no predecessor of natural number $1$

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