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Which object has the highest temperature?(see chart below)

Object Kinetic Energy Of Molecules(J)
a 1.50 x 10^4
b 1.73 x 10^5
c 2.73 x 10^3
d 5.06 x 10^4


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(a)object C
(b)object A
(c)object B
(d)object D

User Tudor Popa
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I can't see the chart.

But by kinetic energy theory, the temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles.

So a low kinetic energy would depict a low temperature and a high kinetic energy would depict a high temperature.

So from this theory the particle with the highest temperature would be the one with the highest kinetic energy.

And that is by b, with a value of 1.73 x 10^5 J.

(c)object B
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