2.4 Exercise 5

Using the approximation $\int_{v_{1}}^{v_{1} + \Delta v} f \left(v\right) d v \approx f \left(v_{1}\right) \Delta v$ for small $\Delta v$, estimate the fraction of nitrogen molecules at a temperature of $3.00 \times 10^{2} \text{K}$ that have speeds between 290 m/s and 291 m/s.