Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 6

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Approximately 32 different monomeric carbohydrate subunits are found in various natural polysaccharides. Proteins are composed of 20 different amino acids. DNA and RNA are each synthesized from four nucleotides.
-Professor Jamey Marth at the University of California, Santa Barbara, identified 70 molecules that are used to build cellular macromolecules and structures. These include at least 34 saccharides, 8 nucleosides, and 20 amino acids. In theory, then, which class of biological polymer has the greatest information-coding capacity?

• A) polysaccharides
• B) proteins
• C) DNA
• D) RNA

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Excess Supply

Occurs when the quantity of a good or service supplied by producers exceeds the quantity demanded by consumers at a given price.

Supply

The total amount of a good or service available for purchase at any specified price.

Demand

The level of demand for a good or service, depending on consumers' readiness and capacity to buy at various prices.

Equilibrium

A state in an economy or market where demand equals supply, and there is no tendency for change.