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which image shows what will happen to the normal cell when it is placed in a hypertonic solution?
When a normal cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water moves out of the cell by osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of water from an area of lower solute concentration (inside the cell) to an area of higher solute concentration (the hypertonic solution). This causes the cell to shrink.
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The image that shows the cell shrinking (the last option in the given choices, which depicts a cell losing water and changing shape as water exits) is the correct one.