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The temperature of the surface of the Sun is 5500°C.
Part (a) What is the average kinetic energy, in joules, of hydrogen atoms on the surface of the Sun?
Numeric : A numeric value is expected and not an expression.
KEave,sur = __________________________________________
Part (b) What is the average kinetic energy, in joules, of helium atoms in a region of the solar corona where the temperature is 6.00 × 105 K?
Numeric : A numeric value is expected and not an expression.
KEave,cor = __________________________________________
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