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ISBN: 9780137443000

Author: Eugenia Etkina, Gorazd Planinsic

Publisher: PEARSON+

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Chapter 12, Problem 10P

You have five molecules with the following speeds: 300 m/s, 400 m/s, 450 m/s, and 550 m/s.

(a) What is their average speed? (b) What is their rms speed? Compare it with the average speed.

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