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What happens when RBC's are placed in
(a) 0.5% NaCl solution
(b) 1% NaCl solution

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a). 0.5%NaCl means hypotonic sulution in which RBC will swell up due to difference in osmotic pressure and burst
b). 1%NaCl sulution means hypertonic solution in which RBC cell shrinks.

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