Heat and Thermal ExpansionHard

Question

The respective speeds of five molecules are 2, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1.6 and 1.2 km/s. The most probable speed in km/s will be

Options

A.2
B.1.58
C.1.6
D.1.31

Solution

Since maximum number of molecules travel with speed 1.6 km/s so vmp = 1.6 km/s

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