Chemical and Ionic Equilibrium - Result Question 13

The standard Gibbs energy change at $300 K$ for the reaction, $2 A \rightleftharpoons B+C$ is $2494.2 J$. At a given time, the composition of the reaction mixture is $[A]=\frac{1}{2},[B]=2$ and $[C]=\frac{1}{2}$. The reaction proceeds in the direction of lower Gibbs energy

$(R=8.314 $ $J K / mol, e=2.718)$

(2015, Main)

(a) forward direction because $Q < K_c$

(b) reverse direction because $Q > K _c$

(c) forward direction because $Q < K_c$

(d) reverse direction because $Q < K _c$