What would need to change to allow sodium and potassium ions to easily diffuse through plasma membranes?

A. The low solubility that they have in lipids would have to increase.
B. The high solubility that they have in lipids would have to decrease.
C. The high solubility that they have in water would have to decrease.
D. They would have to shrink in size.
E. The low solubility that they have in lipids would have to increase, and the high solubility that they have in water would have to decrease.


Answer: E

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