Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
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Chapter 18.1, Problem 1DE
By what factor must the absolute temperature change to double vrms?
(a)
(b) 2;
(c)
(d) 4;
(e) 16.
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