1.3 Transport in cells

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The table below shows information about four different sizes of cubical agar blocks containing indicator, used in a laboratory experiment to model how cell size affects the rate of diffusion.

Agar BlockSide length (mm\text{mm}mm)Surface area (mm2\text{mm}^2mm2)Volume (mm3\text{mm}^3mm3)Surface area to volume ratio
P (Smallest)354272 : 1
Q51501251.2 : 1
R8384512YYY : 1
S (Largest)1286417280.5 : 1
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Calculate the value of YYY in the table.

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b.

Describe the relationship between the size of the agar block and its surface area to volume ratio.

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