Animal cells are permeable to water and urea but NOT to sucrose. The inside of a cell contains 1 M sucrose and 1 M urea and the outside 1 M sucrose and 2 M urea. The solution inside with respect to outside the cell is

A. hypotonic.
B. turgid.
C. isotonic.
D. saturated.
E. hypertonic.


A. hypotonic.

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