What would happen if you mixed a hypertonic solution and a hypotonic solution?

Answer 1

If place in a hypertonic solution it would swell and/or burst because to much water is getting in the cell from the hypertonic solution ( osmosis ). If placed in a hypotonic solution it will end up shrinking from the water leaving the cell to the hypotonic solution ( again osmosis ). Osmosis is when water moves to a lower pressure of water so if there's more water pressure in the cell it will move out into the less dense solution. :)

Answer 2

Hyper tonic solution have high concentration of solute and less concentration of water.
Hypo tonic solution have less concentration of solute and high concentration of water. Gatorade is an example of hypo tonic solution.
When two solutions are mixed together, isotonic state is achieved. Cells try to maintain isotonic situations across their cell membrane.

Answer 3

The cell would swell and lyse (burst) because water would enter the cell faster than it would leave.

This is because of osmosis, the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane. Water diffuses across a membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to that of a higher solute concentration until the solute concentrations on both sides of the membrane are equal. If the outside solution is hypotonic, the solution has a lower solute concentration than the cell so water will flow into the cell where the solute concentration is higher.

Answer 4

When you mix a hypertonic solution (higher concentration of solutes) with a hypotonic solution (lower concentration of solutes), osmosis will occur. Water will move from the hypotonic solution to the hypertonic solution in an attempt to balance out the solute concentrations, causing the volume of the hypertonic solution to increase and the volume of the hypotonic solution to decrease.