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Question 31

A state-of-the-art DNA origami nanostructure designed for targeted drug delivery consists of a self-assembled bundle of 888 identical engineered DNA scaffold strands.

The entire assembled nanostructure has an approximate relative formula mass (MrM_rMr​) of 18,400,000,00018,400,000,00018,400,000,000.

a.

What is the approximate relative formula mass of the DNA nanostructure written in standard form?

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b.

What is the approximate relative formula mass (MrM_rMr​) of each of the 888 individual DNA scaffold strands?

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