if there is more salt, water will move through a membrane barrier to equalise the ratio of salt to water. Using this logic we can predict that if a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the cell will shrink because due to osmosis, the water inside the cell will exit the cell membrane to equalise the salt-to-water ratio. Using the equation P = RT(∆C) where T is the temperature in Kelvins, C is the difference in concentration and R is the ideal gas constant (Deziel, 2018). This displays that if there is a solution of one side of a semi-permeable barrier and a higher solute solution on the other side, water will flow through the barrier to the side with more solutes until the ratio is equal or the pressure forces no more molecules through the barrier. If you make the levels of solute larger, the water will flow through the barrier at a faster rate to equalise the solute to water ratio. Thus, increasing the rate of osmosis.