Modified Masteringphysics With Pearson Etext -- Valuepack Access Card -- For College Physics: A Strategic Approach
Modified Masteringphysics With Pearson Etext -- Valuepack Access Card -- For College Physics: A Strategic Approach
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ISBN: 9780134724751
Author: Knight, Randall D., Jones, Brian, Field, Stuart
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 68GP

The bacterium Escherichia coli (or E. coli) is a single-celled organism that lives in the gut of healthy humans and animals. Its body shape can be modeled as a 2-μm-long cylinder with a 1 μm diameter, and it has a mass of 1 x 10−12 Its chromosome consists of a single doublestranded chain of DNA 700 times longer than its body length. The bacterium moves at a constant speed of 20 μm/s, though not always in the same direction. Answer the following questions about E. coli using SI units (unless specifically requested otherwise) and correct significant figures.

Chapter 1, Problem 68GP, The bacterium Escherichia coli (or E. coli) is a single-celled organism that lives in the gut of

  1. a. What is its length?
  2. b. Diameter?
  3. c. Mass?
  4. d. What is the length of its DNA, in millimeters?
  5. e. If the organism were to move along a straight path, how many meters would it travel in one day?
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Modified Masteringphysics With Pearson Etext -- Valuepack Access Card -- For College Physics: A Strategic Approach

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