A plant cell placed in a certain solution got plasmolysed. What was the kind of solution?

(a) Isotonic sugar solution (b) Hypotonic salt solution

(c) Hypertonic salt solution (d) Isotonic salt solution

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Plasmolysis is when plant cells lose water after being placed in a solution that has a higher concentration of solutes than the cell does. This is known as a hypertonic solution
Option c is correct

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