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How is the mean free path `(lambda)` in a gas related to the interatomic distance?

A

`lambda` is 10 times the interatomic distance

B

`lambda` is 100 times the interatomic distance

C

`lambda`is 1000 times the interatomic distance

D

`lamda" is"(1)/(10)` times of the interatomic distance

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