As the temperature is raised from 20∘C to 40∘C, the average kinetic energy of neon atoms changes by a factor of which of the following?
T1 = 273 + 20 = 293K and T2 = 273 + 40 = 313K. As the kinetic energy is proportional to the temperature, we have
E1E2 = T2T1 = 293313 ⇒ E1E2 = 313293