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An ideal gas having initial pressure P, volume V and temperature T is allowed to expands adiabatically until its volume becomes 5.66V while its temperature falls to T/2.
(i) How many degrees of freedom do the gas molecules have?
Obtain the work done by the gas during the expansion as a function of the initial pressure P and volume V.

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