It snows one inch of snow. Snow is ice. There is now 1 inch of snow on your car and 1 inch of snow on your wooden deck. The sun comes out and all the snow begins to melt. Which melts first? [Assume both get equal amounts of sunlight] *

Explanation:

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Since the rms speed is defined as:

Whereas is the molecular mass of the gas, we solve for it since it is involved in the mathematical definition of both the most probable (mp) speed and the average speed (a):

(remember that J=kg*m/s^2 that's why the result lies on kg/mol).

Now, the mp speed is computed via:

Finally, the average speed is computed via:

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