Question: If a golf ball and a Ping-Pong ball both move with the same kinetic energy, can you say which has the greater speed? Explain in

If a golf ball and a Ping-Pong ball both move with the same kinetic energy, can you say which has the greater speed? Explain in terms of the definition of KE. Similarly, in a gaseous mixture of heavy molecules and light molecules with the same average KE, can you say which have the greater speed?

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