A Nurse Was Instructed to Dissolve a Pill in a Small

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A nurse was instructed to dissolve a pill in a small amount of liquid medication.As she dropped the capsule into the liquid,she was interrupted by a telephone call.On her return to the medication cart,she found the medication had completely dissolved and apparently scattered evenly throughout the liquid.This phenomenon did not surprise her because she was aware from her knowledge of cell transport that _____ had created this distribution.Explain this phenomenon.

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