Imagine an Artificial Cell Made with a Selectively Permeable Membrane

Imagine an artificial cell made with a selectively permeable membrane that allows water to pass through but does not allow sugar to pass. If you fill this cell with a 1% sugar solution and then you place the cell in a 2% sugar solution, what happens?

A) Water enters the cell.
B) Water leaves the cell.
C) Water does not leave or enter the cell.
D) Sugar diffuses in and water diffuses out until equilibrium is reached.

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