Question

Imagine that you are using a microscope. Your high power objective 40x and your eyepiece is 15x. What is your total magnification?

*55x
*600x
*900x
*100x

Answer 1

The total magnification would be 600x as you would obtain the total magnification by multiplying the objective lens magnification and the eyepiece magnification together.

40 • 15 = 600.

Answer 2

600

Step-by-step explanation:

The magnification of anything is defined as the enlargement of the apparent size of the object.

The total magnifiation of the lens if given by :

Power of objective X power of the eye piece.

For the given question,

Magnification proivded by objective = 40X

Magnification provided by eyepiece = 15X

Total magnification = 15 X 40 = 600.