A beaker was divided into two fluid compartments by a selectively permeable membrane. The left compartment is hypotonic to the right compartment, but the left has a higher osmolarity.
What direction will the water flow?

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A beaker was divided into two fluid compartments by a selectively permeable membrane. The left compartment is hypotonic to the right compartment, but the left has a higher osmolarity. 
 What direction will the water flow?

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Initially water would move from the right compartment to the left compartment, eventually there would be a net movement of water from the right compartment to the left.

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Initially water would move from the left compartment to the right compartment, eventually there would be a net movement of water from the right compartment to the left.

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There will be no net movement of water

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the water will only move from the left to the right compartment

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the water will only move from the right to the left compartment

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