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The following sketch is of a voltaic cell consisting or two standard electrodes tor two metals, M and N.
Use the standard reduction potentials of these halfreactions to answer the questions that follow:
a. Determine which pair of these half-cell reactions with the largest positive cell potential, and calculate its value.
b. Determine which pair of thses haplf-cell reactions leads to the cell potenital, and caluclate its value. Which couple is at the anode and which is at the cathode?
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