The ocular lens are 10x magnification. Objective lens are 4x, 10x, 40x, 100x magnification. So once an objective lens is selected, the total magnification would be given by its product with the 10x magnification of the ocular lens. For example, if objective lens selected is 40x, total magnification would be: (10x)(40x)=400x total.
to FIND the total magnification for a light microscope, take the magnification of the ocular (eyepiece) lens and the magnification of the objective (in front of the object) lens and multiply them
One can calculate the total magnification of a microscope by multiplying the magnification of the eye piece by the magnification of the main scope. For a compound microscope one must multiply each eye piece magnification.
Multiply the magnification of the eyepiece - by the magnification of the object lens. For example - if the eyepiece is labeled 10x, and the object lense is 12x... then the total magnification is 120x
Light Microscope: 2000X
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM): 500,000X
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM): ???
there are different ways
40X / 100X / 400X / 1000X(oil immersion lens)
you multiply the magnification of the lense (usually x10) by the magnification of the settting.
depending what type of microscope you are using
1000X
A compound light microscope is limited to about 2000X magnification.
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To determine the total magnification of an object being viewed under a microscope, multiply the magnification of the ocular lens by that of the objective lens.
1. compound microscope has higher magnification power 2. Dissecting is used for studying 'big' objects 3. compound is for looking at cells, etc.
Multiply the magnification or power of the objective lens times the power of the eyepiece and it equals the total magnification
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One can calculate the total magnification of a microscope by multiplying the magnification of the eye piece by the magnification of the main scope. For a compound microscope one must multiply each eye piece magnification.
multiply the number by 10
To determine the magnification of the eyepiece on a microscope take the total magnification for the microscope and divide it by the total magnification of the objective lens. The answer is what the magnification is for the eyepiece.
The field of view becomes smaller when magnification increases.
Total magnification is determined by multiplying the magnification of the ocular lens by that of the objective lens. Compound microscope that uses more than one lens to direct light through a specimen mounted on a glass slide.
15 * 30 = 450 ------------
50x
you must multiply the two lenses getting a total of 150X
To determine the total magnification of a microscope you multiply the magnification power of the objectives lens (indicated as x10) by that of the eye piece.
magnification.