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The ratio of a specific heats of a gas is 9/7, then the number of degrees of freedom of the gas molecules for translation motion is:

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The ratio of a specific heats of a gas is 9/7, then the number of degrees of freedom of the gas molecules for translation motion is 3.We will use the standard formula (f+2)f=γ.On cross multi plication and solving we get f=7,but total translational will be 3 only.

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