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Suppose you perform an alien autopsy on a creature from Area 51.You discover that instead of having a sodium/potassium pump, it hasa sodium/magnesium pump. It works just the same, but pumps an ionof magnesium in place of each ion of potassium. Will the restingmembrane potential (RMP) be more positive or more negative? Willthe electrical gradient be larger or smaller? Explain your answer.(Hint: Magnesium has a charge of +2)      

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We know that the distribution of ions across the cell membrane will make the resting membrane potential Sodium distributed outside the cell membrane with charge 1 and pottassium inside membrane with 1 charge makes makes    See Answer
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