Why te temperature and root mean square speed of the gas molecule does not change when the contanier is kept in a car moving with constant velocity although pseudo force acts on it.

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since the temperature is calculated taking the molecules' velocities with respect to the walls of the container, it does not change when the container itself is being translated, rotated, or set to any kind of motion.

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