JEE Main & Advanced Physics Kinetic Theory of Gases Sample Paper Topic Test - Kinetic Theory of Gases

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    A box has been placed on train moving uniformly with speed \[{{V}_{0}}.\] The box contains ideal gas. The value of root mean square speed with respect to an observer present in the trains is \[{{V}_{1}}.\] What will be the value of root mean square speed with respect to an observer standing on the platform?

    A) \[{{V}_{1}}+{{V}_{0}}\]

    B) \[{{V}_{1}}\]

    C) \[{{\{V_{1}^{2}+V_{0}^{2}\}}^{1/2}}\]

    D)  None

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] Let velocity of a molecule w.r.t. observer present in the train is \[\overrightarrow{V'}\].
                Velocity of the molecule w.r.t. observer on the plate form is \[\overrightarrow{{{V}_{0}}}+\overrightarrow{V}'.(\overrightarrow{{{V}_{0}}}\] is the velocity of train w.r.t. plate form)
    Now,  \[{{V}_{rms}}=\sqrt{\frac{\sum\limits_{{}}^{{}}{{{\left| \overrightarrow{{{V}_{0}}}+\overrightarrow{V}' \right|}^{2}}}}{n}}\] \[(n\to \] total number of molecule)
    \[=\sqrt{\frac{\sum ({{{\vec{V}}}_{0}}+\vec{V}')\cdot ({{{\vec{V}}}_{0}}+\vec{V}')}{n}}\]
    \[=\sqrt{\frac{\sum (\text{V}_{0}^{2}+\text{V}{{'}^{2}})\cdot (2{{{\vec{V}}}_{0}}\cdot \vec{V}')}{n}}\]
    \[=\sqrt{\frac{\sum V_{0}^{2}}{n}+\frac{\sum V'}{n}+\frac{\sum 2(\overrightarrow{{{V}_{0}}}.\overrightarrow{V})}{n}}\]
    \[=\sqrt{V_{0}^{2}+{{({{V}_{1}})}^{2}}+2\overrightarrow{{{V}_{0}}}.\frac{(\sum \overrightarrow{V'})}{n}}\]
    \[\sum \overrightarrow{V'}=\] zero (Relative to the box molecules are moving arbitrarily in all directions).


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