A Sample of an Ideal Gas Is Heated and Its $\sqrt { 2 }$

question 107

Multiple Choice

A sample of an ideal gas is heated and its Kelvin temperature doubles. If the root-mean-square speed of its molecules was originally v, what is the new root-mean-square speed?

• A)4v
• B)2v
• C)v \(\sqrt { 2 }\)
• D)v/ \(\sqrt { 2 }\)
• E)v/4

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