Suppose that at some initial time all the molecules in a container have the same translational energy, 2.0x10-14 ergs. As time passes, the motion becomes chaotic, and the energies finally are distributed in a Maxwellian way. Compute the final temperature of the system.

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Suppose that at some initial time all the molecules in a container have the same translational energy, 2.0x10-14 ergs. As time passes, the motion becomes chaotic, and the energies finally are distributed in a Maxwellian way. Compute the final temperature of the system.

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