Nitrogen at an initial state of 10 bar, 1m3 and 300 K is expanded isothermally to a final volume of 2m3. The p-v-T relation is $\left ( p+\frac{a}{v^{2}} \right )$ v = RT, where a>0. The final pressure
(a) will be slightly less than 5 bar
(b) will be slightly more than 5 bar
(c) will be exactly 5 bar
(d) cannot be ascertained in the absence of the value of a.