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A cell has a 5\%5%5, percent salt concentration. It is placed into a solution with a 0.5\%0.5%0, point, 5, percent salt concentration. What will happen to the cell?

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Answer:

Water will move into the cell, causing it to swell.

Step-by-step explanation:

The cell has higher concentration of solute and a lower concentration of water than the solution it is placed in. This means that water will move into the cell, causing it to swell and ultimately burst.

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The question is not clear, so the clear question is as follows:

A cell has a 5 percent salt concentration. It is placed into a solution with a 0.5 percent salt concentration. What will happen to the cell?

Answer:

Cell will get swelled and burst

Step-by-step explanation:

When a cell is placed in a solution with less concentration, then the solvent particles move from lower concentration to higher concentration through a semipermeable membrane and the process s called osmosis.

In this case also, the cell has higher concentration and the solution has less, so water will move into the animal cell, causing it to swell and burst after some time.

Hence, the correct asnwer is "Cell will get swelled and burst".

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