Coverage is a ratio of checked read bases to a toy genome length. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Reads become a base ledger

30 reads at 100 bases per read give 3000 read bases.

30×100=300030\times100=3000
CoverageReads cover a simplified genome track.coverage

Coverage compares read bases to the toy genome

Against a 1000 base toy genome, coverage is 3 times.

3000/1000=33000/1000=3
CoverageReads cover a simplified genome track.coverage