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A researcher carefully inserts an electrode into an algal cell. He determines that the electrical charge across the cytoplasmic membrane is–70 millivolts. Then he slips the electrode deeper into the cell across another membrane and measures an electrical charge of –90 millivolts compared to the outside. What large organelle does the second membrane surround? Explain your answer.
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