[Spring2019] Another homework question

[Borries Demeler]

This question comes from Beth:


> For A, I noticed that the table lists the diffusion coefficients as x10^6,
> but in the problem DNA is listed as x10^-7. I just want to confirm that
> this is to the negative 7th and not a typo.

A diffusion coefficient is typically on the order of 10^-6 or 10^-7
cm^2/sec. The table is taken from a book where they were multiplied
by x10^6, if you look at the table the numbers are listed without
multiplication by 10^-6, so in order to get the right scale, they had to
multiply by 10^6, this is what their unit meant. Sorry, this is confusing,
I know, but the table is correct in the way they listed the proteins and
diffusion coefficients.

-borries