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which of the following cities has the least amount of daylight on the shortest day of the year?
a)quito,ecuador,at latitude 0deg N
b) Mexico city,at latitude 19degN
c)New York city;at latitude 40degN
d)seward,Alaska,at latitude 60deg N
e)elsewhere island,Canada at latitude 80deg N

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