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The ratio of specific heat of a agas at constatnt pressure to that constatnt volume is `gamma`. The change in internal energy of one mole of a gas when volume changes from V to 2V at constant pressure P is

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`R/(gamma-1)`

B

PV

C

`PV/(gamma-1)`

D

`gammaPV/(gamma-1)`

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