The bacterium in the diagram has been magnified so that it appears to be 2.0 cm in length. If its actual length is 2.0 µm, how m

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The bacterium in the diagram has been magnified so that it appears to be 2.0 cm in length. If its actual length is 2.0 µm, how m

any times has it been magnified?

Biology

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Mars2501 [29] · Answer 1 · 2024-09-18T08:35:53+03:00

The bacteria shown in the figure has been magnified ten thousand times, as indicated by the value of the magnification factor.

<h3>What is the magnification of an object?</h3>

When examined using a magnifying device such as a microscope, the size of an item seems to have expanded by a certain degree or quantity. This phenomenon is referred to as the magnification of the thing in question.

Magnification = size of the image/size of the actual object

Therefore

$1 µm = \frac{1}{00 000}--- > 1 µm = \frac{1}{10 000 }cm$

Therefore

2.0 µm = 2.0 * 1/10 000 cm

= 2.0 * 10^{-4} cm

Hence, Magnification

M= 2.0 cm /2.0 * {-4} cm

M = 10000 X