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Osmosis in Potato Cells Aim: In this investigation I will be investigating the amount of osmosis in potato cells and whether osmosis and potato mass changes in different strengths of sugar solutions. I will do this by putting a constant amount of potato in solutions with steadily increasing sugar contents. Preliminary: I decided to under take a preliminary experiment to find out whether there are any problems or hitches that would have to be sorted out before the real experiment. For this preliminary experiment I took three Potato chips each made by a borer. My partners (Alex and Dan) and I made the chips 5cm in length with a diameter of 9mm and an average mass of 4.2 grams measured on a balance accurate to 2 decimal places. We then added each of the potato chips into a different solution in boiling tubes. The three solutions were 100% sugar solution with no distilled...

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