Relative velocity Dilemma
Classical Mechanics
Level
3
Consider a collection of large number of particles each with speed v. The direction of velocity is randomly distributed in the collection. The magnitude of relative velocity between a pair of particles averaged over all the pairs is
Zero
Less than v
Equal to v
Greater than v
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1 solution
It can actually ne greater than v or equal to zero.