A stretch of DNA is 1000 nucleotides long,100 of which are noncoding.How many amino acids could it make?

Name: A stretch of DNA is 1000 nucleotides long,100 of which are noncoding.How many amino acids could it make?
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A coding region of DNA is translated into amino acids, with each amino acid being coded by a triplet of nucleotides (codon). If 100 nucleotides are noncoding, then 900 nucleotides are coding. Dividing 900 by 3 gives 300 amino acids.

A Stretch of DNA Is 1000 Nucleotides Long,100 of Which