Given these half-cell reactions and associated standard reduction potentials, answer the questions that follow:
a. Determine which pair of half-cell reactions leads to a cell reaction with largest positive cell potential, and calculate its value. Which couple is at the anode and which is at cathode?
b. Determine which pair of these half-cell reactions leads to the cell with the smallest positive cell potential, and calculate its value. Which couple is at the anode and which is at the cathode?
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