Suppose a container is evacuated to leave just one molecule of a gas in it. Let va and vrms represent the average speed and the rms speed of the gas.
(a) va > vrms
(b) va < vrms
(c) va = vrms
(d) vrms is undefined.
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Solution
Speed is constant and same for a single molecule. Thus, rms speed will be equal to its average speed.