Problem:
In a cell, the Keq for a reaction is 500.
Question: Is this a spontaneous reaction in the cell?
Okay. At first I thought it had an obvious answer because I was thinking that since Keq >> 1, ?G would be large and negative. Then I looked at my book and saw that only ?G0 is related to Keq through the equation ?G0 = -RT ln Keq. Since this question is asking about if the reaction is spontaneous inside the cell (which does not have standard conditions), I have to look at ?G instead of ?G0. So, I know that ?G= ?G0+ RT ln Q, but I can't figure out how to solve this problem. Am I overanalyzing this or is there some reasoning behind how to solve this?
Can someone please help me to find the reaction in the cell?