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Explain how osmosis causes a red blood cell to become hypertonic, become hypotonic, or remain isotonic with the blood.

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Water moves into and out of cells by osmosis. If a cell is in a hypertonic solution, the solution has a lower water concentration than the cell cytosol, and water moves out of the cell until both solutions are isotonic..............

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