For the generic reaction for which E° is a positive number, answer the following quest...

For the generic reaction for which E° is a positive number, answer the following questions:

(a) What is being oxidized, and what is being reduced?

(b) If you made a voltaic cell out of this reaction, what half-reaction would be occurring at the cathode, and what half-reaction would be occurring at the anode?

(c) Which half-reaction from

(b) is higher in potential energy?

(d) What is the sign of the free energy change for the re-action? [Sections 20.4 and 20.5]