A Red Blood Cell Is Placed in a Solution

question 37

Multiple Choice

A red blood cell is placed in a solution. After a period of time, the cells has shrunk to half its original size. Which of the following is true? ​

• A)Water moved from the solution into the cell.​
• B)The solution inside the cell is hypertonic.
• C)The cell was placed in a hypertonic solution.
• D)The cell was placed in an isotonic solution.
• E)Salt left the cell resulting in its change in size.

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Definitions:

Sample Size

The number of observations or entities considered in a statistical sample.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, calculated from the standard deviation of a series of estimates.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population.