what is hypotonic solution
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Answer:
Imagine you and two other people are waiting for an elevator in the lobby of a building. When the elevator doors open, you see there are 20 people crammed into that tiny space. Who in their right mind would try and fit on that elevator? Not you! There are just too many people in there. The doors close, and you wait for the next one. This is basically what happens when two solutions meet in biology - the two solutions compare their respective crowdedness to each other, and then each solution reacts accordingly. Sometimes, one solution has more 'stuff' crammed into it than the other. We call this stuff solute. The amount of solute in a solution determines how that solution will react when in the presence of another solution.
Explanation:
A hypotonic solution is any solution that has a lower osmotic pressure than another solution.