For this example of osmosis, there are two concentrations in the solution and the cell. I'm confused as to which one to look at in response to figure out if the cell is hypertonic or hypotonic. Is it in relation to the fructose or the glucose?
For this example of osmosis, there are two concentrations in the solution and the cell. I'm confused as to which one to look at in response to figure out if the cell is hypertonic or hypotonic. Is it in relation to the fructose or the glucose?
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For this example of osmosis, there are two concentrations in the solution and the cell. I'm confused as to which one to look at in response to figure out if the cell is hypertonic or hypotonic. Is it in relation to the fructose or the glucose?

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100mM
75mM
fructose
fructose
50mM
150mM
glucose
glucose
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The cell wall is permeable to water and simple sugars like glucose and fructose but impermeable to sucrose. Thereby in addition, the total mass of solutes inside the cell is 225mM and outside the cell is 150mM. Thus the inside of the cell is hypertonic, due to the higher concentration of sugar compared to the outside of the cell.
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