You mix a drop of blood with a drop of an unknown solution and look at the solution under the microscope. The cells look normal to you, so the solution you mixed with the blood would likely be

A) isotonic.
B) hypoosmotic.
C) hypotonic.
D) hypertonic.
E) hyperosmotic.


A) isotonic.

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