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The sumof the predecessor and successor of a numbe is 116. Find the number.

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58
Let the number be x.
The predecssor =x-1
The successor x+1
Given that :
x-1x+1=116
2x=116
`x=(116)/(2)`
`x=58`
`:.` The number is 58
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