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Why the magnification of compound microscope is larger than that of a simple microscope?

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The magnification of a compound microscope can be multiplied because of the additional lens. If the objective lens on a compound microscope magnifies times 10 and the eyepiece is able to magnify times 40, the overall magnification available to you is 400.

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