Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 18 - The Micro/Macro Connection - Exercises and Problems - Page 523: 20

Answer

$2.12$

Work Step by Step

We know that $v_{rms}=C\sqrt{T}$ Now $\frac{v_2}{v_1}=\frac{C\sqrt{T_2}}{C\sqrt{T_1}}$ $\implies \frac{v_2}{v_1}=\sqrt{\frac{T_2}{T_1}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{v_2}{v_1}=\sqrt{\frac{1273}{283}}$ This simplifies to: $\frac{v_2}{v_1}=2.12$
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