Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 19 - The Kinetic Theory of Gases - Problems - Page 579: 33a

Answer

$v_{avg}=6.5\frac{Km}{s}$

Work Step by Step

We know that the average speed can be calculated as $v_{avg}=\frac{\Sigma v}{N}$ where $\Sigma v$ shows the sum of speeds of all the molecules and $N$ is the total number of molecules. The total number of molecules $N$ is 10. We substitute the values of $v$ and of $N$ into the formula to solve: $v_{avg}=\frac{2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11}{10}$ $v_{avg}=6.5\frac{Km}{s}$
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