Question

1. How do you calculate magnification on a light microscope?
Answer:

Answer 1

The total magnification is calculated by MULTIPLYING the ocular lens magnification and the objective lens magnification.

Answer 2

Magnification has two formulas

$\boxed{\sf m=\dfrac{h'}{h}=\dfrac{v}{u}}$

• h' is height of image.
• h is height of object
• v is distance of image
• u is distance of object