Difference between resolving power and magnifying power of a lens?
Resolving power is how clear or sharp little. It is the ability to produce images sharp enough to distinguish two faraway objects that appear to be side-by-side.Magnifying power is how big you can get an image. More Magnification more will be the light spreads out from the image and as a result distortion will increases. So by increasing the Magnification, resolution will be poor and image will be dimmer and less information will be gain.