A Sample of an Ideal Gas Is Heated and Its $4 v$

question 22

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

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