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What kind of solution occurs in your mouth when you eat something with a high salt content? a hypotonic solution an isotonic solution a hypertonic solutionWhat kind of solution occurs in your mouth when you eat something with a high salt content? a hypotonic solution an isotonic solution a hypertonic solution

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Salt has a very low water potential. And therfore the answer is hypertonic solution, it means a solution with lower water potential than that of the cytoplasm in the cells. It also means a solution with higher concentration
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