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Get the full Solutions Manual for Biomolecular Thermodynamics, 1st Edition by Douglas Barrick. This comprehensive PDF includes detailed, step-by-step solutions to all problems from Chapters 1 through 14. Perfect for students and instructors, it covers probability, statistical thermodynamics, entropy, partition functions, helix-coil transitions, ligand binding, and more. Available for immediate download to aid in study, homework, and exam preparation.

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CHAPTER 1 d



1.1 UsingdthedsamedVennddiagramdfordillustration,dwedwantdthedprobabilitydofd
outcomesdfromdthedtwodeventsdthatdleaddtodthedcross-
hatcheddareadshowndbelow:




A1 A1d ndB2 B2


ThisdrepresentsdgettingdAdindeventd1danddnotdBdindeventd2,dplusdnotdgettingdA
indeventd1dbutdgettingdBdindeventd2d(thesedtwodaredthedcommond“ordbutdnotdbot
h”dcombinationdcalculateddindProblemd1.2)dplusdgettingdAdindeventd1danddBdindev
entd2.

1.2 Firstdthedformuladwilldbedderiveddusingdequations,danddthendVennddiagramsd wi
lldbedcompareddwithdthedstepsdindthedequation.dIndtermsdofdformulasdanddprob
abilities,dtheredaredtwodwaysdthatdtheddesireddpairdofdoutcomesdcandcomedabo
ut.dOnedwaydisdthatdwedcoulddgetdAdondthedfirstdeventdanddnotdBdondthe
secondd(dA1d∩d(∼B2d)).dThedprobabilitydofdthisdisdtakendasdthedsimpledproduct,dsince
deventsd1dandd2daredindependent:



pA1d∩d(∼B2d)d =dpAd×dp∼B
=d pAd×(1−dpBd (A.1.1)
)
=d pAd−dpApB


ThedseconddwaydisdthatdwedcoulddnotdgetdAdondthedfirstdeventdanddwedcoulddget
Bdondthedsecondd((∼dA1)d∩dB2d)d,dwithdprobability

p(∼A1)d∩dB2d =d p∼Ad×dpB
=d(1−dpAd)×dp (A.1.2)
B

=dpBd−dpApB




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, 2 SOLUTIONd MANUAL


Sincedeitherdonedwilldwork,dwedwantdthedordcombination.dBecausedthedtwodwaysd
aredmutuallydexclusived(havingdbothdwoulddmeandbothdAdandd∼Adindthedfirstdoutc
ome,danddwithdequaldimpossibility,dbothdBdandd∼B),dthisdordcombinationdisdequald
todtheduniond{dA1d∩d(∼B2d)}d∪d{(∼dA1)d∩dB2},dandditsdprobabilitydisdsimplydthedsumdofdth
edprobabilitydofdthedtwodseparatedwaysdaboved(EquationsdA.1.1danddA.1.2):

p{A1d∩d(∼B2d)}d∪d{(~A1)d∩dB2}d =d pA1d∩d(∼B2d)d +dp(∼A1)d∩dB2
=d pAd−dpApBd+dpBd−dpApB
=dpAd+dpBd−d2pApB

ThedconnectiondtodVennddiagramsdisdshowndbelow.dIndthisdexercisedwedwilldworkd
backwarddfromdthedcombinationdofdoutcomesdwedseekdtodthedindividualdoutcomes.
dThedprobabilitydwedaredafterdisdfordthedcross-hatcheddareadbelow.


{dA1d∩d(∼B2d)}d∪d{(∼dA1)d∩dB2d}




A1 B2


Asdindicated,dthedcirclesdcorresponddtodgettingdthedoutcomedAdindeventd1d(left)d
anddoutcomedBdindeventd2.dEvendthoughdthedeventsdaredidentical,dthedVennddiagr
amdisdconstructeddsodthatdtheredisdsomedoverlapdbetweendthesedtwod(whichdwedd
on’tdwantdtodincludedindourd“ordbutdnotdboth”dcombination.dAsddescribeddabove,d
thedtwodcross-
hatcheddareasdaboveddon’tdoverlap,dthusdthedprobabilitydofdtheirduniondisdthedsim
pledsumdofdthedtwodseparatedareasdgivendbelow.


A1dnd~B2
~dA1d ndB2

pAd×dp~B
p ~A ×dpB
=dpAd(1d–dpB)
=d(1d–dp
Add d)pB

A1dnd~B2 ~dA1d ndB2



Addingdthesedtwodprobabilitiesdgivesdthedfulld“ordbutdnotdboth”dexpressiondab
ove.dThedonlydthingdremainingdisdtodshowdthatdthedprobabilitydofdeachdofdthed
crescentsdisdequaldtodthedproductdofdthedprobabilitiesdasdshowndindthedtopddia
gram.dThisdwilldonlydbeddonedfordonedofdthedtwodcrescents,dsincedthedotherdfo
llowsdindandexactlydanalogousdway.dFocusingdondthedgraydcrescentdabove,dit
representsdthedAdoutcomesdofdeventd1danddnotdthedBdoutcomesdindeventd2.dEachd
ofdthesedoutcomesdisdshowndbelow:

Eventd 1 Eventd 2


A1 ~B

p~Bd=d1d–dpB
pA



A1 ~B2




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, SOLUTIONd MANUAL 3


BecausedEventd1danddEventd2daredindependent,dthed“and”dcombinationdofdth
esedtwodoutcomesdisdgivendbydthedintersection,danddthedprobabilitydofdthe
intersectiondisdgivendbydthedproductdofdthedtwodseparatedprobabilities,dleadingdto
dthedexpressionsdfordprobabilitiesdfordthedgraydcross-hatcheddcrescent.


(a) Thesedaredtwodindependentdelementarydeventsdeachdwithdandoutcomedpr
obabilitydofd0.5.dWedaredaskeddfordthedprobabilitydofdthedsequencedH1dT2,dw
hichdrequiresdmultiplicationdofdthedelementarydprobabilities:

p HH d =dH1d∩dT2d=dpHd×d =d1dd ×
d d1
dd=
d1

pT
1d 2 1 2
2d d 2 4

Wedcandarrangedthisdprobability,dalongdwithdthedprobabilitydfordthedotherdthre
edpossibledsequences,dindadtable:


Tossd1

Tossd2 Hd(0.5) Td(0.5)

Hd(0.5) H1H2 T1H2
(0.25) (0.25)

Td(0.5) H1T2 T1T2
(0.25) (0.25)

Note:dProbabilitiesdaredgivendindparentheses.

Thedprobabilitydofdgettingdadheaddondthedfirstdtossdordadtaildondthedseconddtos
s,dbutdnotdboth,dis

pH1dordH2d =dpH1d +dpH2d −d2(dpH1d×dpH2d)
1 d1 d1d d1 ı
= +d −d2 ×d ı
d
2 2 2d d 2j
d1
=d d
2

Indthedtabledabove,dthisdcombinationdcorrespondsdtodthedsumdofdthedtwodoff-
ddiagonaldelementsd(thedH1T2danddthedT1H2dboxes).


(b) Thisdisdthed"and"dcombinationdfordindependentdevents,dsodwedmultiplydthe
delementarydprobabilitydpHdfordeachdofdNdtosses:



pH1H2H3…HNd =dpH1d×dpH2d×dpH3d×⋯×dpHN
N
=d d1d ı
d2ıj



Thisdisdbothdadpermutationdanddadcompositiond(theredisdonlydonedpermut
ationdfordall-
heads).dAnddnotedthatdsincedbothdoutcomes dhavedequaldprobabilityd(0.5),d
thisdgivesdthedprobabilitydofdanydpermutationdofdanydnumberdNHdofdheadsdw
ithdanydnumberdNd−dNHdofdtails.

1.3 Twoddifferentdapproachesdwilldbedgivendfordthisdproblem.dOnedisdandapproxi
mationdthatdisdverydclosedtodbeingdcorrect.dThedseconddisdexact.dBydcomparin
gdthedresults,dthedreasonablenessdofdthedfirstdapproximationdcandbedexamine
d.

Whicheverdapproachdwedusedtodsolvedthisdproblem,dwedbegindbydrepresentingdth
edprobabilitydthatdyoudknowdadrandomlydselecteddpersondfromdthedpopulation.
Thisdisdpkd=d2000/300,000,000d=d2/300,000d=d6.67d×d10−6.dTodavoidddealingdw
ithd"or"dcombinations,dwedcandgreatlydsimplifydthedproblemdbydcalculatingdthedp
robabilitydthatdyouddodNOTdknowdanyonedondthedplane,danddthendrecognizedth
atdonedminusdthisdprobabilitydrepresentsdalldthedwaysdyoudcoulddknowdat




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