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Given that a region has an average annual air temperature of 13 ∘\circ C,what would the subsurface temperature be at a depth of 2 km? Assume the geothermal gradient is the same as the world average geothermal gradient,which is approximately 30 ∘\circ C per kilometer.


A) 60 ∘\circ C
B) 73 ∘\circ C
C) 80 ∘\circ C
D) 93 ∘\circ C

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