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During osmosis do water molecules move from hypotonic areas to hypertonic areas or the other way around. explain

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Answer:

It's hypertonic to hypotonic.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hypertonic is having a higher osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body fluid or intracellular fluid.

Hypotonic is having a lower osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body fluid or intracellular fluid.

Usually, water moves from higher concentration to lower concentration to reach an equalibrium. This means that the answer is Hypertonic to Hypotonic.

User Mattias Nordberg
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hypo to hyper.....

this is cuz, hypotonic means filled with water and during osomosis water moves from greater to less
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