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In an experiment, DNA is treated with a compound which tends to place itself amongst stacks of nitrogenous base pairs. As a result of this, the distance between two consecutive base pairs increases. From `0.34` nm to `0.44` nm calculate the length of DNA double helix (which has `2xx10^(9)` bp) in the presence of saturating amount of this compound.

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`2xx10^(9)xx0.44xx10^(-9)" bp"`.
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