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The plant cell will shrink when placed in:

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isotonic solution
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Hypertonic solution
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Hypotonic solution
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water
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Solution

The correct option is A Hypertonic solution
The plant cell will shrink when placed in a hypertonic solution.

Hypertonic solutions are more concentrated than the plant cell. The water from inside the cytoplasm of the cell diffuses out and the plant cell is said to have become flaccid. The cytoplasm has also shrunk and pulled away from the cell wall. This phenomenon is called plasmolysis.

Hence, the correct option is B

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