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Assume that your microscope is equipped with 10X eyepieces and 4X, 10X, 40X obje

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Question

Assume that your microscope is equipped with 10X eyepieces and 4X, 10X, 40X objective lenses. Suppose you are given a slide of a stained Chlamydomonas a unicellular protist with two flagella. Your plan is to mount the slide in your microscope, locate the cells, and determine the flagella length for 10 specimens within 10 minutes. What objective lens will you select for finding the cells? What objective lens will you use to measure the flagella What will be the final magnification when you measure a flagellum

Explanation / Answer

10X lens to find the cell , 40X to measure the flagella, final Magnification is 10X-40X.