Red Blood Cells Placed in a Hypertonic Solution May Be

question 43

True/False

Red blood cells placed in a hypertonic solution may be destroyed because the blood cells will lyse.

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Definitions:

Elastic Demand

A demand situation where the percentage change in the quantity demanded of a good or service is greater than the percentage change in its price.

Inelastic Demand

Product or resource demand for which the price elasticity of demand is less than 1, so that any given percentage change in price leads to a smaller percentage change in quantity demanded. As a result, quantity demanded is relatively insensitive to (inelastic with respect to) price.

Financial Aid

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Price Elastic

Describes how sensitive the demand for a good is to changes in its price; highly elastic demand means consumers will significantly reduce buying with small price increases.