What would be the magnification of a specimen viewed with a compound light microscope that has an objective power of 100x and an ocular lens power of 10x?
A. 90
B. 110
C. 200
D. 1,000

Question

What would be the magnification of a specimen viewed with a compound light microscope that has an objective power of 100x and an ocular lens power of 10x? 
A. 90
B. 110
C. 200
D. 1,000

Extrinix · Answer

If a compound light microscope has an objective power of `20x` and an ocular lens power of `10x`, the magnification would be 200x.

So from this, what would `100x` objective and `10x` ocular be?

kaibeth · Answer

1000

Extrinix · Answer

1000x* but you would be correct, good job.

kaibeth · Answer

thank you for helping me double check!

Extrinix · Answer

You’re welcome.