Question

The average winter temperature at the South Pole is -49 degrees Celsius. The coldest temperature recorded in Antarctica was 40.6 degrees Celsius colder than the average winter temperature at the South Pole. What was the coldest recorded temperature in Antarctica?

Answer 1

Answer:

The coldest temperature at Antarctica is -89.6 degrees celsius

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we are interested in calculating the coldest temperature in Antarctica.

In the question, we are simply told that the coldest Antarctica temperature was 40.6 colder than the average winter temperature at the south pole.

The average winter temperature at south pole = -49 degree celsius

The coldest temperature is thus -49-40.6 = -89.6 degrees celsius