Find the average velocity of gas atoms

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The following problem arose from trying to solve a textbook problem and I don't know if I made some miscalculation or I should assume something that I don't know. I'm given helium in a balloon and I know its pressure $p$ and its density $d$; I'm asked to find the average velocity $v$ of the atoms.

What I know is that in general the average kinetic energy $\langle E_{k}\rangle$ for a monoatomic gas is given by $\frac{3}{2}k_{b}T$ where $k_{b}$ is the boltzmann constant and $T$ the temperature. From this formula I got that my average velocity should satisfy $$v=\sqrt{\frac{3k_{b}T}{m}}.$$ Using the ideal gas law and the relation $R=N_{A}k_{b}$ I got
$$v=\sqrt{\frac{3k_{b}pV}{mnR}}.$$ Now I used the fact that $d=\frac{m}{V}$
to conclude that $$v=\sqrt{\frac{3p}{dnN_{a}}}.$$

It's probably a dumb question but if this is correct I should know how to find the number of moles in the balloon, something that I'm not quite sure how to do. Am I missing something trivial? Thanks in advance for any hint.

Best Answer

As stated by @Wolphram jonny my mistake was in using blindly the formula without questioning the nature of what I called $m$.