Estimate the average length of a human chromosome

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Suppose that the length of ten base pairs of DNA found in one turn of the helix is 34 A, what is the average length of a human chromosome in centimeters? Does your calculation lead to a surprising result?

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Ok: So the info I have here is that the Genome size of Homo Sapiens is 3,038,000 kb and there are 23 chromosomes

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