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Calculate the cell potential at standard conditions for the electrochemical reaction: Cu(s) + 2Ag+(aq) -> 2Ag(s) + Cu2+(aq) given that the standard reduction potentials for Cu2+(aq)/Cu(s) and Ag+(aq)/Ag(s) are +0.34 V and +0.80 V, respectively.

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To calculate the cell potential at standard conditions for the given electrochemical reaction, we first need to identify the reduction and oxidation half-reactions. The given standard reduction potentials are:Cu2+ aq  + 2e- -> Cu s   E = +0.34 V  reduction Ag+ aq  + e- -> Ag s    E = +0.80 V  reduction In the overall reaction, Cu s  is being oxidized to Cu2+ aq , so we need to reverse the first half-reaction to get the oxidation half-reaction:Cu s  -> Cu2+ aq  + 2e-  E = -0.34 V  oxidation Now, we need to balance the electrons in both half-reactions. Since the second half-reaction involves only one electron, we need to multiply it by 2 to balance the electrons with the first half-reaction:2 Ag+ aq  + e- -> Ag s     E = 2 +0.80 V  = +1.60 V  reduction Now, we can add the two balanced half-reactions to get the overall reaction:Cu s  -> Cu2+ aq  + 2e-  E = -0.34 V  oxidation 2Ag+ aq  + 2e- -> 2Ag s    E = +1.60 V  reduction ----------------------------------------------Cu s  + 2Ag+ aq  -> 2Ag s  + Cu2+ aq Finally, we can calculate the cell potential  Ecell  at standard conditions by adding the standard potentials of the oxidation and reduction half-reactions:Ecell = E reduction  + E oxidation Ecell =  +1.60 V  +  -0.34 V Ecell = +1.26 VSo, the cell potential at standard conditions for the given electrochemical reaction is +1.26 V.

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