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Which distribution did Maxwell help develop in the field of kinetic theory of gases?
Poisson Distribution
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
Gaussian Distribution
Bernoulli Distribution
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James Clerk Maxwell helped develop the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases. This distribution is crucial in understanding the behavior of particles in a gas and their velocities.
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