Chapter 12, Problem 3P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The average distance traversed by a membrane lipid needs to be determined.

Concept introduction:

The average distance traversed by a membrane lipid is calculated by the square root of the product of diffusion coefficient and time.

The average distance is calculated as

$S={\left(4Dt\right)}^{\raisebox{1ex}{$1$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2$}\right.}$