Answer to Question #155417 in Molecular Biology for Ashwani Kumar Gupta

Question

1. In the classroom, a student examines a micropreparation under a microscope with an objective 40 times and an eyepiece 15 times. How many times is the visible image of structures larger than the true one?

Answer 1

Total Magnification = eyepiece magnification $\times$ objective magnification = $15\times 40=600 times$

The visible image of structures is $600times$ larger than the true one.