High School Unit Not Homogeneous: Understanding the Formula

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Hello!
I was reading an article from Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapse_rate) and the formula
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seems to me not homogenous since g is in m/s2 and cp in J/K=(kg*m2)/(K*s2) so at the end, we'll get K/(kg*m).

How they get rid of kg-1 ?
Thanks
 
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cp is stated to be the specific heat, i.e. per unit mass, so its units are J/(kg K).
 

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