A cell that is placed inside a hypertonic solution will lose water and become flaccid. If the situation persists for long, the cell would die.
Recall that osmosis is the movement of water molecules from the region of higher water potential (lower solute concentration) to the region of lower water potential (higher solute concentration) through a semi-permeable membrane.
A hypertonic solution has more concentration and, thus, lower water potential than the cell. This means that water will move osmotically from the sap of the cell to the surrounding hypertonic solution. In this case, the cell membrane would be acting as the semi-permeable membrane
When a cell continues to lose water, the turgor pressure inside the cell will reduce and the cell will go flaccid. If the water loss continues, the cell will die off.
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