Final answer:
The view when looking through a microscope is inverted and reversed due to the way light travels through the two sets of lenses used to magnify the image. The option (E) is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
When looking through a microscope, the view is inverted and reversed. The optics of a compound microscope's lenses change the orientation of the image that the user sees. Specifically, a specimen that is right-side up and facing right on the microscope slide will appear upside-down and facing left when viewed through the microscope, which means the image is inverted and reversed.
This flipping occurs because microscopes use two sets of lenses to magnify the image, and the way light travels through these lenses results in this inverted image. It's important to note that while compound light microscopes exhibit this characteristic, some types of microscopes such as binocular or dissecting microscopes, include an additional magnification system that corrects the orientation, making the final image appear upright. Therefore, option (E) is correct.