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A patient has been injected with an intravenous solution of pure water

instead of an intravenous solution made of 1 percent salt. Describe
what will happen to the patient's cells.

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Answer:

Patient would die. The difference in concentration of the salts between the inside and outside of the cell would cause it to burst due to osmosis.

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