GASES
Decreasing the temperature of an ideal gas from 80 degree Celsius to 40 degree Celsius will cause the average kinetic energy to increase or decrease by a factor of what.
What is decrease by less than a factor of two? 1.13 Be careful here to note the difference between the kinds of temperature scales and what they mean. Even though the Celsius temperatue is half as much the average kinetic energy is proportional to the Kelvin temperature. In this case the ratio is only 353/313 = 1.13