17. the enzyme dna polymerase works only in the 5' to 3' direction. how does this affect the leadingstrand and the lagging strand? a. dna polymerase can work continuously on the leading strand but must flip the lagging strand aroundbefore it can work on it. b. dna polymerase can use only the leading strand as a template. a different enzyme is used to synthesizedna on the lagging strandc. dna polymerase can work continuously on the leading strand but works discontinuously on the laggingstrand, creating okazaki fragmentsd. dna polymerase can work on both the leading and the lagging strand but is much faster on the leadingstrand