Will there be snow on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro if the air temperature at its foot is +25?

To solve the problem, you must first indicate the height of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Its approximate height is 5900 meters.

First, you need to determine the temperature difference at the foot and at the top of the mountain.

Since for every 100 meters the air temperature decreases by 0.6 degrees, we get:

(5900/100) * 0.6 = 35.6 degrees (by that many degrees the temperature at the top is lower than at the bottom).

We find the temperature on the mountain.

We subtract the difference from the temperature at the foot.

25 – 35.4 = – 10.4 degrees Celsius.

Since snow forms at temperatures below 0 degrees, there will be snow on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.