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Often movies or stories tell about a person ship-wrecked on an island or stranded on a life raft in the ocean without any access to fresh water. Explain why drinking the ocean water isn't a good idea.

The concentration of salt averages between 3 to 4% in ocean sea water.

The ocean water is a hypertonic solution compared to human blood, so blood cells would swell and burst, causing death.

The ocean water is an isotonic solution compared to human blood, so water would move equally into and out of the cells.

The ocean water is an hypertonic solution compared to human blood, so blood cells would shrink until death occurred.

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The concentration of salt is 0.9% in human red blood cells.

There isn't enough information to answer the question.

The concentration would be greater than 1%.

The concentration would be 0.9%.

The concentration would be less than 0.5%.

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