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The microscope pictured to the right is using the 40x objective lens. Calculate the total magnification when using this lens. Show your calculation.
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The microscope pictured to the right is using the 40x objective lens. Calculate the total magnification when using this lens. Show your calculation.

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The total magnification of a compound light microscope can be calculated by the product of the ocular lens and the objective lens magnifications which would be 10 x 40 = 400x.

The total magnification would be 400x.
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