The air in a room held at a steady temperature (T) is made up largely of nitrogen

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The air in a room held at a steady temperature \(T\) is made up largely of nitrogen molecules \(\left(m_{\mathrm{N}_{2}}=4.652 \times 10^{-26} \mathrm{~kg}\right.\) ) and oxygen molecules \(\left(m_{\mathrm{O}_{3}}=5.3135 \times 10^{-26} \mathrm{~kg}\right)\). At equilibrium, what is the ratio of the average speed of the nitrogen molecules to the average speed of the oxygen molecules? Even though both gases are diatomic, assume they behave as monatomic gases.

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