When a peeled potato is placed in distilled water it will .......as result of osmosis. if some salt added to the will?

When a peeled potato is placed in distilled water, it will gain weight as a result of osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. In this case, the potato cells have a higher concentration of water than the distilled water, so water moves into the cells by osmosis. This causes the potato to swell and gain weight.

If salt is added to the distilled water, the concentration of water in the water will decrease. This will cause the rate of osmosis into the potato cells to decrease, and the potato will gain weight more slowly. Eventually, the concentration of water in the potato cells will reach the same concentration as the water in the salty water, and osmosis will stop.