A beaker is divided into two compartments by a semipermeable membrane.Compartment A contains a 20% NaCl solution and compartment B contains a 50% NaCl solution.The membrane is permeable to water but not to Na⁺ or Cl^-.Initially, A) water diffuses from compartment B to compartment A. B) Na⁺ diffuses from compartment B to compartment A. C) Na⁺ diffuses from compartment A to compartment B. D) water diffuses from compartment A to compartment B.

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Water will diffuse from compartment A to compartment B due to osmosis, moving from the lower concentration of solute (20% NaCl) to the higher concentration of solute (50% NaCl) to equalize the solute concentration on both sides of the membrane.

A Beaker Is Divided into Two Compartments by a Semipermeable