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6. A cucumber is soaked in vinegar, water, and salt to
create a pickle. During this process, the cucumber
shrinks in size.

Is it hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic?

Answer 1

Hypertonic

Step-by-step explanation:

Hypertonic solution contain more solute than solvent. The cucumber was soaked in hypertonic solution. Water pass out of the sap vacuole making it shrink because the external solution has a higher osmotic pressure than the cucumber. The cells of cucumber shrink because the cytoplasm pulls away from the cell wall leaving a gap between the wall and plasma membrane. This is called plasmolysis.