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MHT CET · Physics · Kinetic Theory of Gases

Equal volumes of two gases are kept in different containers having densities in the ratio \(1: 16\). They exert equal pressures on the wall of their respective containers. Then the ratio of their r.m.s. velocities is

  1. A 16:1
  2. B 1:8
  3. C 4:1
  4. D 1:12
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(C) 4:1

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Pressure \(P=\frac{1}{3} \rho c^2 \therefore c=\sqrt{\frac{3 p}{\rho}}\) \(\therefore \frac{c_1}{c_2}=\sqrt{\frac{\rho_2}{\rho_1}}=\sqrt{\frac{16}{1}}=4\)