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A quantity of air at `27^(@)C` and atmospheric pressure is suddenly compressed to half its original volume. Find the final (i) pressure and (ii) temperature.
Given `gamma for air = 1.42`.

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(i) 2.675 atm (ii) `128.3^(@)C`
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