Homework Statement
A typical virus is a packet of protein and DNA (or RNA) and can be spherical in shape. The influenza A virus is a spherical virus that has a diameter of 85 nm. If the volume of saliva coughed onto you by your "friend" with the flu is 0.010 cm3 and 1/109 of that volume...
Homework Statement
A circle has 300 bases around it..each base being .36nm apart. What is the diameter in micrometers?
Homework Equations
C = pie x diameter
The Attempt at a Solution
.36nm x 300 bases = 108nm is the circumference
108nm = pie x diameter
108nm / pie = 34.4nm...