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If you know you have 32% adenine you can figure out the percent of cytosine?
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Answer: 18%

Step-by-step explanation:

Use Chargaff's rules which states that 100% is total of all 4 bases and Adenine and Thymine need to have 1:1 ratio and Cytosine and Guanine need to have 1:1 ratio

32% Adenine = 32% Thymine

32 + 32 = 64 100 - 64 = 36 36/2 = 18

18% of Cytosine and 18% of Guanine

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