Science 30 January 2000 Diploma Examination

Use the following information to answer the next question.
One strand of a small segment of DNA has the sequence
A - A - T - C - T - C - G - T - A
16. The sequence of the complementary strand is
A. G - G - C - T - C - T - A - C - G
B. T - T - A - G - A - G - C - A - T
C. C - C - G - A - G - A - T - G - C
D. A - A - T - C - T - C - G - T - A
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Numerical Response
3. One type of damaging radiation that may be a hazard in space has a wavelength
of 5.10 × 10 –13 m. The frequency of this radiation is ______× 10 20 Hz.
(Record your answer to three digits in the numerical-response section on the answer sheet.)
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