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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I really don't know how to go over this. I am confuse about the linear triplet part.Please explain...Thanks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) is made of nucleotides, and each nucleotide can contain any one of these nitrogenous bases: A(Adenine), G (Guanine), C (cytosine), T(thymine). If one of these four bases(A,G,C,T) must be selected three times to form a linear triplet,how many different triplets are possible? Note that all four bases can be selected for each of the three components of the triplet. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #38705 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fanks><B>fanks(6)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fanks><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=38705\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At first, when I read, I understood that you must take one of the four bases three times to form a triplet. However, that would be pretty lame, because then you have only four different possible triplets (AAA, GGG, CCC, and TTT).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, I suppose, either it is a clumsy wording or there is a language barrier for me, but what is meant is simply that you use four different bases to form a triplet - arranged string of letters A, G, C, or T.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In that case you can take one of four letters as the first one, one of four letters as the second one, and as the third one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus you get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A4%2A4+=+64 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A4%2A4+=+64\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > different possible triplets. </SPAN>\n" );
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