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What number comes next in the series? 31, 1031, 402, 16, ____

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Answer:Another person already answered this question. Their name is writersparadise. I give all credit to him/her for this answer.Step-by-step explanation:There could be many answers for this question. In general, the number that comes after 16 is a number with 8 as the sum of its digits.Explanation:1st number 31 – Sum of digits is 3 + 1 = 4 Β 2nd number 1031 – Sum of digits is 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 = 53rd number 402 – Sum of digits is 4 + 0 + 2 = 64th number 16 – Sum of digits is 1 + 6 = 7Therefore, the missing number could be the single digit number 8 or any of the two-digit numbers 17, 26, 35, 44, 53, 62, 71 or 80. It could also be a bigger number with the digits of any of the given two-digit numbers and 0 for the other digits such as 260 or 7001.Read more on Brainly.in -