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Is the average speed of the molecules less in cold coffee or hot coffee? Explain.

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Answer:

In cold coffee.

Step-by-step explanation:

"As heating can make a cold coffee to hot coffee, the average speed of the molecule is less in cold coffee than hot coffee"

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Answer:

Cold coffee

Step-by-step explanation:

The higher the temperature of something, the more kinetic energy it will have. The colder coffee's molecules will have less kinetic energy than the hot coffee's molecules

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