A Tube with a Membrane Covering the Bottom Is Placed

question 58

Multiple Choice

A tube with a membrane covering the bottom is placed in a beaker. The membrane allows water to flow through but not salt or glucose. The tube contains an aqueous solution with4% salt and 20% glucose and the beaker contains an aqueous solution with 12% salt and 6% glucose. How could you describe the solution in the beaker compared to the solution in the tube?

• A) The beaker solution is hypertonic to the tube solution.
• B) The beaker solutionishypotonic to the tube solution.
• C) The beaker and tube solutions are isotonic to each other.
• D) The beaker solution issweeter than the tube solution.
• E) The beaker contents and the tube contents will not change.

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