A Ligustrum plant cell is exposed to an aqueous solution having sodium and chloride concentrations higher than the sodium and chloride concentrations of the cell interior. After thirty minutes, a biologist observes the cell under a microscope and states that the cell shows no evidence of having lost water. Which of the following best explains the observation?

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Cole Everett

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A Ligustrum plant cell is exposed to an aqueous solution having sodium and chloride concentrations higher than the sodium and chloride concentrations of the cell interior. After thirty minutes, a biologist observes the cell under a microscope and states that the cell shows no evidence of having lost water. Which of the following best explains the observation?

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Gilberto Meyers · Answer 1

What following? actually the cell will gain more water by diffusion and will let more sodium chloride ions in because they will move from high concentration to low concentration