A 10% glucose solution is placed in the thistle tube. The thistle tube is placed in a beaker that contains a 5% glucose solution. There is a differentially permeable membrane across the broad end of the tube, which is permeable to water but not to the sugar glucose. What will occur over time to the water? To the solute?

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Cory · Answer 1

The solution in the tube has a higher concentration of solute than the solution in the beaker. It is, therefore, hypertonic.