For the supplied DNA paired-sugar marker sequence, calculate its polygonal path length L, its endpoint chord r, and the ratio r/L. Is this marker path a straight segment? Explain why this ratio should not be reported as a standard DNA helical-axis bend angle.

Coordinates are in angstrom (1 nm = 10 angstrom). XYZ atom rows are one-based after the two header lines. Use the supplied coordinate snapshots without optimization, crystallographic symmetry expansion or periodic wrapping. These are explicitly selected-site models, not complete all-atom or solution-ensemble models. S0008 contains 24 C1-prime sugar carbon sites from the antiparallel 1BNA DNA duplex. Rows 1..12 are A:1..12; rows 13..24 are B:13..24. For i=1..12, the supplied pairing is row i with row 25-i. Define marker c_i=(r_i+r_(25-i))/2. These arithmetic sugar midpoints are task-defined markers, not a standard base-pair center or fitted helical axis. L=sum_(i=1..11)||c_(i+1)-c_i|| and r=||c_12-c_1||. Report lengths in nm to three decimals and r/L to three decimals. Use the actual positions, not an assumed ideal rise per base pair.

Attachment S0008:
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Coordinates in angstrom; atoms numbered from 1.
C 19.231 30.482 23.944
C 21.721 26.304 21.716
C 21.278 21.966 19.909
C 19.716 17.901 17.218
C 15.851 15.732 15.569
C 11.699 15.974 12.719
C 9.644 18.209 9.019
C 8.736 20.855 5.034
C 10.241 23.483 1.157
C 11.429 24.028 -3.587
C 15.856 23.836 -6.414
C 17.965 21.200 -10.269
C 10.896 13.044 -8.837
C 15.058 13.086 -5.671
C 17.545 15.602 -2.872
C 19.765 18.985 0.046
C 18.497 23.393 2.145
C 15.561 25.655 5.243
C 12.426 25.645 8.799
C 10.190 24.148 13.089
C 10.107 21.743 17.523
C 10.988 21.226 22.256
C 14.312 19.508 25.568
C 18.276 20.693 28.188