A marathon runner has just arrived in the emergency room with severe dehydration

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A marathon runner has just arrived in the emergency room with severe dehydration, and the physician must decide which type of solution to pump into his veins pure water. 0.9 percent saline, or 1.5 percent saline In order to be certain, blood samples are treated with each solution and observed under a microscope Describe what is likely to happen to the blood cells when exposed to each of the solutions and explain why a) pure water 0.9 percent saline 1.5 percent saline Which solution should the physician choose for rehydrating the runner? ATP powers cellular work. List two main kinds of work that a cell docs. In a biochemical pathway, three ATP molecules are hydrolyzed. The endergonic reactions in the pathway require a total of 17.3 kcal/mole of energy to drive the reactions of the pathway. What is the overall change in free energy of the entire biochemical pathway? You must show your work Will these endergonic reactions be able to lake place? Explain your answer

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The physician choose 0.9% saline for rehydrating the runner.

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