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Let the two consecutive natural numbers are $\"\"$ and $\"\"$ .

The sum of two consecutive natural numbers is 525.

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Combine like terms.

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Subtract 1 from each side.

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Divide each side by 2.

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The two consecutive natural numbers are 262 and 263.