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Estimate the flux (mg/cm^2/s) by diffusion of a steroid through a lipid bilayer membrane. Assume the diffusion coefficient for steroid in the lipid bilayer is 10^-6 cm^2/s, and that the concentration is 1 ng/mL on the outside of the membrane and 0 on the inside.

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