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Asked in JEE Main 4th April 2nd Shift 2024 · Degrees of freedom and equipartition
Translational degrees of freedom are three for any molecule moving in three dimensions, so fₜ=3.
Rotational degrees of freedom depend on shape: two for a linear molecule, three for a non-linear one.
CH₄ is tetrahedral, so it can rotate about three independent axes: fᵣ=3.
fₜ=3 and fᵣ=3.
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