Calculating % of molecules at given temperature with a given velocity

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Homework Statement



What percentage of molecules in water at 300K will have a speed greater than 1 km/s (evaluate numerically)?


Homework Equations


2}e^{-\frac{mv^{2}}{2KT}}dv.gif



The Attempt at a Solution


Based on what we did in class, I take it I'm supposed to integrate the distribution from 1000 to infinity.

After moving the constants out of the integral, I'm left with this:
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I know that

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But how do I account for the fact that I'm only interested in the integral between 1000 and infinity?
 
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The instructions say to evaluate the answer numerically.
 
SammyS said:
The instructions say to evaluate the answer numerically.

I punched it into my calculator and after a few minutes of calculating, it tells me the integral is 0.

Am I doing something wrong?
 
r34p3rex said:
I punched it into my calculator and after a few minutes of calculating, it tells me the integral is 0.

Am I doing something wrong?
Probably something is being done wrong, or something is set wrong.