Question

IF there were a membrane separating two solutions one with 80% solute and the other with 20% solute, in which direction through the membrane will water move to?

toward the 20% solute side of the membrane


toward the 80% solute side of the membrane

Answer 1

Water will move toward the 80% solute side of the membrane by osmosis, from the region of high water (low solute) concentration to a region of low water (high solute) concentration, until isotonic equilibrium is achieved.

Step-by-step explanation:

When a membrane separates two solutions of differing solute concentrations, water moves through the membrane by a process called osmosis. Considering one solution with 80% solute concentration and another with 20% solute concentration, water will move toward the 80% solute side of the membrane. This is because osmosis is the diffusion of water from an area of higher water concentration (lower solute concentration) to an area of lower water concentration (higher solute concentration). The movement will continue until the solute concentrations are equal on both sides of the membrane, reaching a point called isotonic equilibrium.

Answer 2

toward the 20% solute side of the membrane

Step-by-step explanation:

that is the process of osmosis, in which the water moves in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.

Basically it's to make it 50% 50%, so the water moves to the 20% solute side to raise the %

I hope it's clear enough.