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When an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution:

it will gain water and may burst
it will lose water and shrink
it will remain the same size
how the cell will react cannot be determined

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When the animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution it will gain water and may burst.
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It will gain water and may burst.
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