In sea urchin DNA, which is double stranded, 17 % of the bases were shown to be cytosine. The percentages of the other three bases expected to be present in this DNA are :

G 8.5 %, A 50 %, T 24.5 %

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G 34 %, A 24.5 %, T 24.5 %

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G 17 %, A 16.5 %, T 32.5 %

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G 17 %, A 33 %, T 33 %

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Solution

The correct option is D $G 17 %, A 33 %, T 33 %$
$C = 17 %, G = 17 %, A = 33$

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