An ideal gas is held in a container of volume V at pressure P. The rms speed of a gas molecule under these conditions is v. If now the volume and pressure are changed to 2V and 2P, the rms speed of a molecule will be

A) 1/2 v
B) v
C) 2v
D) 4v
E) v/4


C

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