Automated chemical synthesis of DNA has made it possible to custom-order moderate-length

Chapter 12, Problem 8

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Automated chemical synthesis of DNA has made it possible to custom-order moderate-length DNA sequences from commercial suppliers. Assume that a single nucleotides weighs about 5.6 1022 gram and that there are four kinds of nucleotides. If you wish to order all possibleDNAsequences of a fixed length, at what length will your order exceed (a) 100 kg and (b) the mass of the Earth (5.9736 1024 kg)?

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