You have been instructed by the supervisor of your research laboratory to increase the osmotic pressure of a solution. Select all below that would (or you could use to) increase the osmotic pressure of a solution. Question 8 options:

a. decrease the amount of water in the solution causing a higher concentration of nonpenetrating (nonpermeable) solute.
b. adding more of a penetrating (permeable) solute to the solution.
c. adding more of a nonpenetrating (nonpermeable) solute to the solution.
d. adding more water to the solution E) increasing the osmolarity of the solution but not increasing the amount of nonpenetrating (nonpermeable) solute.

Osmotic pressure is the minimum force or pressure that is required to stop or prevent the water movement from diffusing through the semipermeable membrane by osmosis.

The osmotic pressure of the solution or water would be increase if the concentration of the water or solution would be increase by adding more solute.

Thus, the correct answer would be - a AND c

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