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A cell is dropped into a salt water solution and shrivels up you infer that compared to the cell the type of salt water solution is
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A cell is dropped into a salt water solution and shrivels up you infer that compared to the cell the type of salt water solution is

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Answer: hypertonic solution

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A cell placed in a salty solution would lose water as water will move from the cell to the surrounding hypertonic medium by the process of osmosis causing the cell to shrivel up.

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