The bacterium Escherichia coli (or E. coli) is a single-celled organism that lives in the gut of healthyhumans and animals. Its body shape can be modeled as a 2-µm-long cylinder with a 1 µm diameter,and it has a mass of 1 x 10-12 Its chromosome consists of a single doublestranded chain of DNA 700times longer than its body length. The bacterium moves at a constant speed of 20 µm/s, though notalways in the same direction. Answer the following questions about E. coli using Sl units (unlessspecifically requested otherwise) and correct significant figures.a. What is its length?

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