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Published on: August 22, 2026
To raise the temperature of a certain mass of gas by 
at a constant pressure, 160 calories of heat is required. When the same mass of gas is cooled by 
at constant volume, 240 calories of heat is released. How many degrees of freedom does each molecule of this gas have (assume gas to be ideal)?
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