Question

1. what might happen to a person with a 0.9% nacl concentration in their red blood cells if they are administered a saline solution intravenously with a concentration of 10%? the red blood cells will divide rapidly to compensate for the high salt concentration there will be no change to the red blood cells because both solutions contain nacl the red blood cells will swell and possibly burst as water moves into the cells the red blood cells will shrink as water moves out of the cells into the hypertonic solution

Explanation:

A 10% NaCl solution is hypertonic compared to the 0.9% NaCl inside red blood cells. Osmosis causes water to move from an area of lower solute concentration (inside the cell) to an area of higher solute concentration (the intravenous solution). This outward movement of water will make the red blood cells shrink.

Answer:

The red blood cells will shrink as water moves out of the cells into the hypertonic solution