The yellow box represents a cell with a semi-permeable membrane. the small, blue dots represent molecules of water, and the larger, gray dots represent a solute such as sugar or salt. the membrane is thin enough for water to pass through, but it is not thin enough for the solute to pass. what will happen to the substances in this diagram to bring the concentrations closer to equilibrium?

the potatoes have high sugar concentrations and although these potatoes were different we could seethe effects that their sugar concentrations had in different environments. for example, the potatoes in sample a, were placed in pure water. this created a hypertonic environment and caused the potatoes to draw in water from its surroundings. we saw the opposite happen with the potatoes in sample b when placed in the sodium chloride solution. the potatoes in this case were in a hypotonic solution and therefore lost water to their surroundings.

c is the answer. hope this