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What do you expect to happen when red blood corpuscles `(RBCs)` are placed in `(a) 0.5% NaCl` solution and `(b)1% NaCl` solution ?

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`a.` RBC's will swell in `0.5% NaCl` solution and may even burst.
`b.` RBC's will shirnk due to the plamolysis.
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