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If 32% of a DNA molecule consists of thymine, what percentage must there be of the other bases? Show calculations or explain your results​

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Thymine pairs with adenine so adenine is 32% also. Then we have cytosine and guanine left and 100-32 is 68 so therefore both cytosine and guanine are 68%.
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