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  1. igorvanloo

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    If it is -8.5 degrees at the top of the mountain and it is 1600m high, and every 100m you go up it gets 13/20 of a degrees colder how cold is it at the city.
    City = 1600m lower than the mountain.
     
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    Correct.
    13/20 = .65
    .65 * 1600/100 = 10.4
    10.4 -8.5 = 1.9
     
    #3 JamieSinn, Jan 22, 2014
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    Was expecting more of challenge le :p
     
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    Indeed
     
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