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What happens to the movement of water when a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution?

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Water can move across membranes, but polar solutes dissolved in water cannot. The net movement of water (osmosis) is in the direction of increased solute concentrations. ... A hypotonic solution has decreased solute concentration, and a net movement of water inside the cell, causing swelling or breakage.

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