Multiple Choice
The air in an automobile engine at 20°C is compressed from an initial pressure of 1.0 atm and a volume of 200 cm3 to a volume of 20 cm3. Find the temperature if the air behaves like an ideal gas (γ = 1.4) and the compression is adiabatic.
A) 730°C
B) 460°C
C) 25°C
D) 50°C
E) 20°C
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