Question #86c86
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Jan 23, 2018
a) Low power magnification of this microscope is 60x
b) High power magnification of this microscope is 200x
Explanation:
For calculating magnification of a microscope, two things are needed. First, is the magnification of eyepiece/ocular and second, the magnification of objective. THen, we can use the formula given below to calculate the magnification
Microscope magnification = Ocular lens magnification × Objective lens magnification
Using the formula we can calculate both low and high magnification of the microscope.
a) Ocular lens magnification =20x
Objective lens magnification =3x
Microscope magnification = 20 x 3 = 60x
b) Ocular lens magnification =20x
Objective lens magnification =10x
Microscope magnification = 20 x 10 = 200x