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You begin climbing Mt Whitney (4420 m) from your campsite, where the elevation is 2240 m and the temperature is 23°C. Using the environmental lapse rate, what would you expect the temperature to be when you arrive at the top?

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You would expect it to be colder by about 10 to 15C
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