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