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. Explain
Explanation / Answer
For finding the 4X lense , for staining the 10X, and for measure the flagella the 40X lense should be used.