Solution

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For the intended reversible adiabatic process, an ideal gas obeys . A monatomic gas has heat capacity ratio , so
The required extra assumption is that “adiabatic” denotes the usual quasistatic isentropic process. Absence of heat transfer alone would not fix the final temperature: an ideal gas undergoing free expansion into vacuum is also adiabatic but leaves its temperature unchanged.

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