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Similar to placing an animal cell into water, the cell will swell and could burst, depending on the rigidity of the cell wall. This occurs because the osmotic pressure from dissolved solids is greater inside the cell than in the water. This osmotic pressure would then allow a passive diffusion of water into the area of greater solute density and thus expand the volume of the cell until equilibration or bursting.

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