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A setup contains four beakers labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4, each containing a salt solution of different concentrations. A student cut four identical potato slices, each 5 cm long and weighing 1.5 g, and added one slice to each beaker. The potato slices were removed from the beakers after 45 minutes, and the mass and length of each were recorded, as shown in the table below: Beaker | Concentration of Salt Solution | Mass | Length 1 | 0.2 mol/L | 1.48 g | 4.99 cm 2 | 0.6 mol/L | 1.35 g | 4.90 cm 3 | 0.8 mol/L | 1.24 g | 4.75 cm 4 | 1.2 mol/L | 1.21 g | 4.60 cm Which of the following best explains the trend observed in the data?

A.The potato slices gained mass and length because water moved into the cells by osmosis as solution concentration increased.B.As the concentration of the salt solution increased, the solutions became more hypertonic relative to the potato cells, causing more water to leave the cells by osmosis, resulting in greater loss of mass and length.C.The change in mass and length was caused by active transport of salt ions into the potato cells, which required energy expenditure proportional to solution concentration.D.The potato slices' mass and length changes were unrelated to solution concentration and instead resulted from diffusion of starch out of the cells.

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