If You Experimentally Increase the Concentration of Na⁺ Outside a Cell

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Multiple Choice

If you experimentally increase the concentration of Na⁺ outside a cell while maintaining other ion concentrations as they were,what would happen to the cell's membrane potential?

• A)The membrane potential would decrease.
• B)The membrane potential would increase.
• C)The membrane potential would be unaffected.
• D)The answer depends on the thermodynamic potential.

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