The compressibility of a material is

Product of volume and its pressure

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The change in pressure per unit change in volume strain

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The fractional change in volume per unit change in pressure

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Solution

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The fractional change in volume per unit change in pressure

$\frac{1}{K} = c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y = (\frac{\frac{- △ V}{V}}{△ P})$

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