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In a cell, the following reaction takes place: Fe+CuSO4FeSO4+Cu. The cell can be represented as:

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Cu|CuSO4||Fe|FeSO4
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Pt|CuSO4||FeSO4|Pt
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Fe|FeSO4||CuSO4|Cu
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CuSO4|Cu||FeSO4|Fe
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Solution

The correct option is C Fe|FeSO4||CuSO4|Cu
Fe gets oxidised to Fe2+ and CuSO4 gets reduced to Cu.

Fe acts as anode and Cu acts as cathode.

The correct cell representation is : Fe|FeSO4||CuSO4|Cu.

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