Question

If a microscope has an ocular lens of 10x and a low power objective of 10x, what is the total magnification under low power?

Answer 1

The correct answer is: 100x.

The calculation of total magnification of the microscope includes multiplying the magnification of the lenses together, So, to calculate the total magnification take the power of the objective (10X) and multiply by the power of the eyepiece, ocular lens (10X).