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The diameter of a metaphase chromosome is about 1400 nm, whereas that of the DNA double helix is 2 nm. This means that DNA is coiled into a structure with a diameter 700 times larger than itself. The diameter of a human hair is about 80 micrometers (0.003 inch). Of a human hair were coiled into a structure with a diameter 700 times larger than itself, the diameter of the coiled human hair would approximate that of a:

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The answer is "soda can (about 2 inches)".

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, when it is relative to the having the human hair with the d=80 mm (0.003 inches) and the collecting into the structure with the d=700 times larger than itself that will be produced with the coiled of human hair with the d that is = 80
*700 mm= 56,000 or 2.16 inches, that's why the answer is a soda can's which is equal to about 2 inches.

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