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What will happen to the mean square speed of the molecules of a gas if the temperature of the gas increases?

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What will happen to the mean square speed of the molecules of a gas if the temperature of the gas increases?

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If the temperature of a gas increases, the mean square speed of the molecules of the gas will increase in the same proportion.

V2 = 3nRT/Nm

Therefore V2 ∝ T for a fixed mass of gas.

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