The mass M of gunpowder burning in one second in the chamber of a jet engine depends on the pressure P according to the law M = APn. Find the exponent n if, when the cross-section of the engine nozzle is halved, the pressure in the chamber increases fourfold. The flow rate of the gas mass due to the outflow from the nozzle is proportional to the pressure in the chamber P.

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