Question

The successor of the predecessor of –50 is ______.

Options

• –48

• –49

• –50

• –51

Answer 1

The successor of the predecessor of –50 is –50.

Explanation:

For predecessor, we subtract 1 from the given integer and for successor, we add 1 to the given integer.

The predecessor of –50 = –50 – 1 = –51 and the successor of –51 = –51 + 1 = –50