Show the direction of water flow and mark the side with the greater osmotic pressure if you have a selectively permeable membrane that is permeable to water but not to a specific solute and if the two sides of the membrane have different solute concentrations.

Show the direction of water flow and mark the side with the greater osmotic pressure if you have a selectively permeable membrane that is permeable to water but not to a specific solute and if the two sides of the membrane have different solute concentrations.

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