A cell is bathed in a solution that has a greater osmolarity than that of cytosol. The solution can be described as:

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Vimal Swarnkar · Accepted Answer

(a) Hypertonic. Outside solution has higher osmolarity than the cytosol → hypertonic; water leaves the cell, which shrinks (plasmolysis/crenation) → (a).

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(b) Hypotonic

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(c) Isotonic

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(d) Hydrotonic

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