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Multiple Choice
How many different RNA molecules can be made by bonding four nucleotides together, considering the four types of nucleotides (A, U, C, G)?
A
16
B
256
C
1024
D
64
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Understand that RNA molecules are composed of sequences of nucleotides, and in this problem, we are considering sequences of four nucleotides.
Recognize that there are four types of nucleotides in RNA: Adenine (A), Uracil (U), Cytosine (C), and Guanine (G).
For each position in the RNA sequence, you can choose any of the four nucleotides. This means for the first position, there are 4 choices, for the second position, there are 4 choices, and so on.
To find the total number of different RNA molecules that can be formed, calculate the number of combinations by raising the number of nucleotide choices to the power of the number of positions: \(4^4\).
Perform the calculation \(4^4\) to determine the total number of different RNA molecules that can be formed by bonding four nucleotides together.