In this task, you are given two statements. The task is to output whether a given textual premise, i.e. Statement 2, entails or implies a given scientific fact, i.e. Statement 1. The output should be 'entails' if Statement 2 supports Statement 1 and should be 'neutral' otherwise.

Sentence 1: The electrochemical potential across a membrane determines the tendency of an ion to do cross the membrane. Sentence 2: By plugging in the concentration gradients and the permeabilities of the ions at any instant in time, one can determine the membrane potential at that moment.
neutral