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
    $\frac{ dV }{ V }$

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