If you double the pressure of an ideal gas while keeping the temperature constant, the average kinetic energy of the molecules
A) increases by more than twice.
B) increases by less than twice.
C) remains unchanged.
D) is doubled.

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The average kinetic energy of the molecules in an ideal gas depends only on the temperature, according to the kinetic theory of gases. Doubling the pressure while keeping the temperature constant does not change the average kinetic energy of the molecules.

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