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Question 14
Chargaff discovered that the percentage of thymine bases equaled that of adenine and conversely that cytosine equaled guanine. Solve the following problem. A sample of DNA reveals that there is 37% of thymine. How much cytosine will there be in this sample?

a. 13% cytosine
b. 37% cytosine
c. 74% cytosine
d. This problem is unsolvable

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Answer:

Its 13 percent

Explanation:

Since thymine equals adenine, adenine equals 37. So you add 37 to 37 which is 74. then subtract it from one hunnid, which is 26. Then divide that by 2 since cytosine is equal to guanine. so you'll have cytocine is 13 percent and guanine is 13 percent as well.

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