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The proportion of nucleotides in a given...

The proportion of nucleotides in a given nucleic acid are Adenine `18%`, Guanine `30%`, Cytosine `42%` and uracil `10%`. Name the nucleic acid and mention the number of strands in it.

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1. As there is Uracil (pyramidine) is the given problem the nucleic acid is RNA.
2. The proportion of `A != U `and `G != C`, so it is single stranded RNA.
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