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Does water move in or out of cell during hypotonic and hypertonic solutions?

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It moves out of the cell, since the concentration of water is higher.
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Water moves readily across cell membranes through special protein-lined channels, and if the total concentration of all dissolved solutes is not equal on both sides, there will be net movement of water molecules into or out of the cell.

The hypotonic solution moves out of the cell
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