A compound microscope is assembled with an objective of focal length and an eyepiece…

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Problem

A compound microscope is assembled with an objective of focal length

0.40\,\text{cm}

and an eyepiece of focal length

2.0\,\text{cm}

. The object is placed

0.45\,\text{cm}

from the objective, and the eyepiece is adjusted so that the final image is formed at the near point (

25\,\text{cm}

) of the observer. The magnifying power of the microscope is approximately (a)

100

(b)

108

(c)

122

(d)

216