Problema Solution

A human hair is 4 X 10 ^-5m in diameter. A stand of DNA is 2 nanometers in diameter. How many strands of DNA laid side by side would it take to equal the width of a human hair.

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LET N BE NO OF DNAs

4*10-5 = N*(2*10-9)

N = 4*10-5/ (2*10-9)

N = 2*104