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a. i.) If a plant cells is placed in strong salt solution it will lose water by osmosis and it will become flaccid.
ii.) If a plant cell is placed in distilled water it will become turgid and the presence of the cell wall prevents it from bursting.
b. i.) If a red blood cell is kept in distilled it will burst because water moves from a high water concentration outside the cell to a low water concentration inside the cell.
ii.) If a red blood cell is kept in a concentrated salt solution it will shrink in size due to osmotic pressure differences until it reaches a favourable size.
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