You are recording the resting membrane potential from a neuron placed in a petri dish. The following oscilloscope tracing shows the voltage measured when a microelectrode tip is placed just inside the axon. The solid line on the oscilloscope is obtained when the neuron is placed in a control solution containing 5mM K+ and 150 mM Na+. The solution is then changed and a second recording is made, shown by the dashed line on the tracing. You can reasonably conclude this new solution:  a) has increased concentration of K+     b) has increased concentration of Na+     c) has decreased concentration of K+     d) has decreased concentration of Na+

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You are recording the resting membrane potential from a neuron placed in a petri dish. The following oscilloscope tracing shows the voltage measured when a microelectrode tip is placed just inside the axon. The solid line on the oscilloscope is obtained when the neuron is placed in a control solution containing 5mM K+ and 150 mM Na+. The solution is then changed and a second recording is made, shown by the dashed line on the tracing. You can reasonably conclude this new solution: 

a) has increased concentration of K+

   

b) has increased concentration of Na+

   

c) has decreased concentration of K+

   

d) has decreased concentration of Na+

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