What is the normal temperature for a MacBook Pro?

I have a mid 2010 2.4 ghz core i5 Macbook Pro. And i fell that the temperatures get really hot, i installed a application to check and the temperature of my machine is around 90 degrees Celsius after just using it for 15 mins and thats in higher RPM (4000 while default if 2000). Is that normal?

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