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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

You look at a microbe through a microscope that has an eyepiece that magnifies 10x and an objective lens of 40x. What is the total magnification of the microbe?

A	400
B	40
C	40
D	10

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -To calculate total magnification, how much your image (or) your specimen is being magnified (or) increased, you should multiply eyepiece magnification by the objective lens magnification. Here, the eyepiece magnification is 10X and the objective magnification is 40X the total magnification will be 400X.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, if you are viewing your slide under the 40x objective lens you would multiply that by the 10x of the ocular lens for a total magnification of 400x.

Detailed explanation-3: -The total magnification is the product of the magnifications of two lens systems. Hence, the microscope which has a 10X objective lens and 10X ocular lens, it would magnify the object by 10 × 10 = 100 times.

Detailed explanation-4: -The product of the objective magnification and the eyepiece magnification gives the final magnification of the microscope. So, a 60x objective and a 10x eyepiece gives a total magnification of 600x.

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