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This comprehensive Solutions Manual accompanies Douglas Barrick's Biomolecular Thermodynamics, 1st Edition. It includes detailed, step-by-step solutions for all problems from Chapters 1 through 14, covering fundamental and advanced topics in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, entropy, partition functions, binding polynomials, helix-coil transitions, and more. Ideal for students and instructors, this manual provides clear explanations and derivations to enhance understanding of key concepts. Available for instant download.

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1st Edition by Douglas Barrick
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Complete Chapter Solutions Manual are
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included (Ch 1 to 14)
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** All Chapters included
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, Solution Manual g




CHAPTER 1 g



1.1 UsinggthegsamegVenngdiagramgforgillustration,gwegwantgthegprobabilitygofgo
utcomesgfromgthegtwogeventsgthatgleadgtogthegcross-
hatchedgareagshowngbelow:




A1 A1g ngB2 B2


ThisgrepresentsggettinggAgingeventg1gandgnotgBgingeventg2,gplusgnotggettinggA
ingeventg1gbutggettinggBgingeventg2g(thesegtwogaregthegcommong“orgbutgnotgboth
”gcombinationgcalculatedgingProblemg1.2)gplusggettinggAgingeventg1gandgBgingevent
g2.


1.2 Firstgthegformulagwillgbegderivedgusinggequations,gandgthengVenngdiagramsg wil
lgbegcomparedgwithgthegstepsgingthegequation.gIngtermsgofgformulasgandgproba
bilities,gtheregaregtwogwaysgthatgthegdesiredgpairgofgoutcomesgcangcomegabout
.gOnegwaygisgthatgwegcouldggetgAgongthegfirstgeventgandgnotgBgongthe
secondg(gA1g∩g(∼B2g)).gThegprobabilitygofgthisgisgtakengasgthegsimplegproduct,gsinceg
eventsg1gandg2garegindependent:

pA1g∩g(∼B2g)g =g pAg×gp∼B
=g pAg×(1−gpBg (A.1.1)
)
=g pAg−gpApB


ThegsecondgwaygisgthatgwegcouldgnotggetgAgongthegfirstgeventgandgwegcouldgget
Bgongthegsecondg((∼gA1)g∩gB2g)g,gwithgprobability

p(∼A1)g∩g B2g =g p∼Ag×gpB
=g(1−gpAg)×gp (A.1.2)
B

=g pBg−gpApB




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, 2 SOLUTIONg MANUAL


Sincegeithergonegwillgwork,gwegwantgthegorgcombination.gBecausegthegtwogwaysga
regmutuallygexclusiveg(havinggbothgwouldgmeangbothgAgandg∼Agingthegfirstgoutco
me,gandgwithgequalgimpossibility,gbothgBgandg∼B),gthisgorgcombinationgisgequalgto
gtheguniong{gA1g∩g(∼B2g)}g∪g{(∼gA1)g∩gB2},gandgitsgprobabilitygisgsimplygthegsumgofgthegp

robabilitygofgthegtwogseparategwaysgaboveg(EquationsgA.1.1gandgA.1.2):

p{A1g∩g(∼B2g)}g∪g{(~A1)g∩gB2}g =g pA1g∩g(∼B2g)g +gp(∼A1)g∩gB2
=g pAg−gpApBg+gpBg−gpApB
=gpAg+gpBg−g2pApB

ThegconnectiongtogVenngdiagramsgisgshowngbelow.gIngthisgexercisegwegwillgworkgb
ackwardgfromgthegcombinationgofgoutcomesgwegseekgtogthegindividualgoutcomes.gT
hegprobabilitygwegaregaftergisgforgthegcross-hatchedgareagbelow.
{gA1g∩g(∼B2g)}g∪g{(∼gA1)g∩gB2g}




A1 B2


Asgindicated,gthegcirclesgcorrespondgtoggettinggthegoutcomegAgingeventg1g(left)ga
ndgoutcomegBgingeventg2.gEvengthoughgthegeventsgaregidentical,gthegVenngdiagra
mgisgconstructedgsogthatgtheregisgsomegoverlapgbetweengthesegtwog(whichgwegdo
n’tgwantgtogincludegingourg“orgbutgnotgboth”gcombination.gAsgdescribedgabove,gth
egtwogcross-
hatchedgareasgabovegdon’tgoverlap,gthusgthegprobabilitygofgtheirguniongisgthegsim
plegsumgofgthegtwogseparategareasggivengbelow.


A1gng~B2
~g A1g ngB2

pAg×gp~B
p ~A ×gpB
=gpAg(1g–gpB)
=g(1g–gpAgg )p
gB

A1gng~B2 ~gA1g ngB2



Addinggthesegtwogprobabilitiesggivesgthegfullg“orgbutgnotgboth”gexpressiongabo
ve.gThegonlygthinggremaininggisgtogshowgthatgthegprobabilitygofgeachgofgthegcr
escentsgisgequalgtogthegproductgofgthegprobabilitiesgasgshowngingthegtopgdiagra
m.gThisgwillgonlygbegdonegforgonegofgthegtwogcrescents,gsincegthegothergfollow
sgingangexactlyganalogousgway.gFocusinggongtheggraygcrescentgabove,git
representsgthegAgoutcomesgofgeventg1gandgnotgthegBgoutcomesgingeventg2.gEachgo
fgthesegoutcomesgisgshowngbelow:

Eventg 1 Eventg 2


A1 ~B

p~Bg=g1g–gpB
pA



A1 ~B2




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, SOLUTIONg MANUAL 3


BecausegEventg1gandgEventg2garegindependent,gtheg“and”gcombinationgofgthe
segtwogoutcomesgisggivengbygthegintersection,gandgthegprobabilitygofgthe
intersectiongisggivengbygthegproductgofgthegtwogseparategprobabilities,gleadinggtog
thegexpressionsgforgprobabilitiesgforgtheggraygcross-hatchedgcrescent.

(a) Thesegaregtwogindependentgelementarygeventsgeachgwithgangoutcomegpro
babilitygofg0.5.gWegaregaskedgforgthegprobabilitygofgthegsequencegH1gT2,gwhi
chgrequiresgmultiplicationgofgthegelementarygprobabilities:

p HH g =gH1g∩gT2g=gpHg×gp =g1gg ×
g g1
gg=
g1

T
1g 2 1 2
2g g 2 4

Wegcangarrangegthisgprobability,galonggwithgthegprobabilitygforgthegothergthre
egpossiblegsequences,gingagtable:


Tossg1

Tossg2 Hg(0.5) Tg(0.5)

Hg(0.5) H1H2 T1H2
(0.25) (0.25)

Tg(0.5) H1T2 T1T2
(0.25) (0.25)

Note:gProbabilitiesgareggivengingparentheses.

Thegprobabilitygofggettinggagheadgongthegfirstgtossgorgagtailgongthegsecondgtoss
,gbutgnotgboth,gis

pH1gorgH2g =g pH1g +gpH2g −g2(gpH1g×gpH2g)
1 g1 g1g g1 ı
= +g −g2 ×g ı
g
2 2 2g g 2j
g1
=g g
2

Ingthegtablegabove,gthisgcombinationgcorrespondsgtogthegsumgofgthegtwogoff-
gdiagonalgelementsg(thegH1T2gandgthegT1H2gboxes).


(b) Thisgisgtheg"and"gcombinationgforgindependentgevents,gsogwegmultiplygtheg
elementarygprobabilitygpHgforgeachgofgNgtosses:

pH1H2H3…HNg =gpH1g×gpH2g×gpH3g×⋯×gpHN
N
=g g1g ı
g2ıj



Thisgisgbothgagpermutationgandgagcompositiong(theregisgonlygonegpermuta
tiongforgall-
heads).gAndgnotegthatgsincegbothgoutcomesghavegequalgprobabilityg(0.5),gt
hisggivesgthegprobabilitygofganygpermutationgofganygnumbergNHgofgheadsgwit
hganygnumbergNg−gNHgofgtails.

1.3 Twogdifferentgapproachesgwillgbeggivengforgthisgproblem.gOnegisgangapproxim
ationgthatgisgverygclosegtogbeinggcorrect.gThegsecondgisgexact.gBygcomparinggt
hegresults,gthegreasonablenessgofgthegfirstgapproximationgcangbegexamined.

Whichevergapproachgwegusegtogsolvegthisgproblem,gwegbegingbygrepresentinggth
egprobabilitygthatgyougknowgagrandomlygselectedgpersongfromgthegpopulation.
Thisgisgpkg=g2000/300,000,000g=g2/300,000g=g6.67g×g10−6.gTogavoidgdealinggwit
hg"or"gcombinations,gwegcanggreatlygsimplifygthegproblemgbygcalculatinggthegpro
babilitygthatgyougdogNOTgknowganyonegongthegplane,gandgthengrecognizegthatg
onegminusgthisgprobabilitygrepresentsgallgthegwaysgyougcouldgknowgat




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