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

question 25

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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