Question

The eyepiece of a light microscope has a magnification level of 10x. If you were looking at a paramecium under the lowest-power objective (4x), what would be the total magnification of the microscope at this setting?

Answer 1

Answer:

The total magnification will be 40x.

Explanation:

As we know if the magnification of the eyepiece of a microscope be $m_{e}$ and that of the objective be $m_{o}$, then the total magnification is given by

$m = m_{e} \times m_{o}$

Given, $m_{e} = 10x$ and $m_{o} = 4x$

Therefore total magnification is $m = 10 \times 4 = 40x$