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velocity is a vector quantity and therefore has a direction as well as the speed... so because this is the mean square velocity, does that mean as the molecules are boucing off the walls all the time then their velocities are cancelling each other out because as it hits at 500m/s it then...

Hey there guys i am new here and not sure if this is in the right section, well here goes. Just doing some revision and realized I must have been asleep for the Kinetic theory lessons, i have now grasped some of the basics, but have come to this question and not usre how to answer it...