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(a) Draw a ray diagram for the formation of image by a compound microscope.
(b) You are given the following three lenses. Which two lenses will you use as an eyepiece and as an objective to constuct a compound microscope?
LensesPower (D)Aperture(cm)L138L261L3101
(c) Define resolving power of a microscope and write one factor on which it depends.

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(a)

(b) Objective lens L3
Eye lens L2
(c) The resolving power of a microscope is its ability to form distinctly separate images of two neighbouring objects.
R.P=2μsin θλ
Thus, it depends on the wavelength (λ).

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