Question

The highest temperatures recorded in 4 different countries are listed below.

Highest temperature	Country
$ {127.6^ \circ }F $	India
$ {114.8^ \circ }F $	Nepal
$ {136.4^ \circ }F $	Sri Lanka
$ {134.0^ \circ }F $	Pakistan

What is the highest temperature listed above?
(A) $ {127.6^ \circ }F $
(B) $ {114.8^ \circ }F $
(C) $ {136.4^ \circ }F $
(D) $ {134.0^ \circ }F $

Answer 1

Hint: To solve this question, we need to observe carefully each of the values of the temperatures mentioned for the four different countries. Then we have to compare the different values of temperature from the table to get the final answer.

Complete step by step solution:
As we can clearly see in the given list of the temperatures of different countries, the order of the temperatures is as below
 $ {114.8^ \circ }F < {127.6^ \circ }F < {134.0^ \circ }F < {136.4^ \circ }F $
So, the temperature of Nepal is the lowest, and then is the temperature of India, then Pakistan, and then Sri Lanka. Thus the temperature of Sri Lanka is the highest of all the four countries.
Therefore, the highest temperature listed above is $ {136.4^ \circ }F $ .
Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Additional Information
As we can clearly see in the given list of the highest temperatures for the different countries, all the temperatures are given in the degree Fahrenheit units. This unit was deduced by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724. There exist other popular units for the temperature, such as degree Celsius, Kelvin. The most popular conversion, from the degree Fahrenheit to the degree Celsius is performed according to the equation below
$ C = \dfrac{5}{9}\left( {F - 32} \right) $
Here $ C $ is the temperature in degree-Celsius, and $ F $ is the temperature in degree Fahrenheit.
Also, the conversion from degree Fahrenheit to Kelvin is given by
$ K = \dfrac{5}{9}\left( {F - 32} \right) + 273 $
Here $ K $ is the temperature in Kelvin, and $ F $ is the temperature in degree Fahrenheit.

Note:
The Fahrenheit scale is commonly used in the United States and its territories, unlike the other places like India where the Celsius scale is used. It is used there in weather forecasts, in describing the boiling, freezing and cooking temperatures.