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The engine of a Ferrari F355 Fl sports car takes in air at 20.0C and 1.00 atm

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The engine of a Ferrari F355 Fl sports car takes in air at 20.0°C and 1.00 atm and compresses it adiabatically to 0.0900 times the original volume. The air may he treated as an ideal gas with Y = 1.40.
(a) Draw a pV-diagram for this process.
(b) Find the final temperature and pressure.
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