A mixture of small sugar molecules and larger starch molecules are in a solution at fixed temperature, T=350K. The starch molecules are 10 times the mass of the sugar molecules. If we were to identify a single starch molecule and single sugar molecule at random in this solution, what is true about the probability of finding that the smaller sugar molecule is moving faster than the larger starch molecule? OA. "Meh". The probability is approximately 50%. OB. Unlikely! Most sugar molecules are moving slower than most starch molecules. OC. Impossible! The sugar molecules are all moving slower than the larger starch molecules. OD. Likely. Most sugar molecules are moving faster than most starch molecules. E. Guaranteed! The sugar molecules are all moving faster than the larger starch molecules.

A mixture of small sugar molecules and larger starch molecules are in a solution at fixed temperature, T=350K. The starch molecules are 10 times the mass of the sugar molecules. If we were to identify a single starch molecule and single sugar molecule at random in this solution, what is true about the probability of finding that the smaller sugar molecule is moving faster than the larger starch molecule? OA. "Meh". The probability is approximately 50%. OB. Unlikely! Most sugar molecules are moving slower than most starch molecules. OC. Impossible! The sugar molecules are all moving slower than the larger starch molecules. OD. Likely. Most sugar molecules are moving faster than most starch molecules. E. Guaranteed! The sugar molecules are all moving faster than the larger starch molecules.

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Chapter31: Radioactivity And Nuclear Physics

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