You place a test tube containing RBCs in a test solution in front of a lightbulb and notice that you can see the filament as a crispy-clear horizontal strip of light. This most likely means that

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The RBCs have completely ruptured.

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There has been no net water movement.

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The RBCs have become crenated.

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Water has moved into the cell but the cells remain intact.

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Water has moved out of the cell.

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