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  4. A given double stranded DNA molecule is 1,00,000 base pairs long. The length of this DNA molecule will be

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Q. A given double stranded DNA molecule is 1,00,000 base pairs long. The length of this DNA molecule will be

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Solution:

The length of this DNA molecule will be $3.4 \, \times 10^{4}$ nm because one complete spiral of the helix is 3.4nm ( $34A^\circ $ ) long and has 10 base pairs.