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For an adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas, the fractional change in its pressure is equal to (where $\gamma$ is the ratio of specific heats):
A
$-\gamma \frac{ dV }{ V }$
B
$-\gamma \frac{ V }{ dV }$
C
$-\frac{1}{\gamma} \frac{ dV }{ V }$
D
$\frac{ d V }{ V }$
(JEE MAIN-2021)
Solution
$PV ^{\gamma}=$ constant
Differentiating
$\frac{ dP }{ dV }=-\frac{\gamma P }{ V }$
$\frac{ dP }{ P }=-\frac{\gamma dV }{ V }$
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