Derive Entropy Change for Ideal Monatomic Gas

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A Monatomic gas passes from state 1 (pressure p1, volume V1) to state 2 (p2, V2).
Derive an expression for the change in entropy of a monatomic ideal gas.

The required final equation is: ΔS = Cv ln(T2/T1) + nRln(V2/V1)

In my attempt, I am retrieving ΔS = Cv ln(T2/T1) + Rln(V2/V1)
i.e.; the unit of moles not present in the "(V2/V1)" term.
Is the given form to obtain incorrect or am I making a very silly mistake to do with the prior assumptions?
 
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Its not a problem now I figured things out, the problem was my solved form wasn't exactly as required, but like I thought I was making a mistake with a moles = 1 assumption in another derivation that i was using a a "subroutine".