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A cell with 70% water will swell up when placed into a solution with 40% dissolved salt. True or false?

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False.

Step-by-step explanation:

There is more water in the cell than outside of the cell. This would cause the water to move outside the cell into the solution, making it shrink. This is called being hypertonic.

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