Question
A cell has a diameter of 0.1cm. An image of the cell viewed through the microscope has a diameter of 13 cm. What is the magnification? Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
Answer
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Yael
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Answer
The magnification is given by the ratio of the size of the image to the size of the object. So:Magnification = Image Size / Real SizeSubstituting the given values from the question:Magnification =
Therefore, the magnification is 130.00 for viewing cells under microscopes.
Explanation
This is about evaluating microscope magnification which is the process of enlarging the appearance, not physical size, of something. This operates by the diameters, not the size since all specimens are different in size. In real world scenario its easy to observe a large deformed image of the real minute objects using digital amplifiers and high precision microscopes. Microscopic magnification can be found by division of the size of an image you observe or the given measurement of this image size divided by the real absolute size of the object one want to study. This biological concept can be observed with biological species at minute level, both in study of plant cells and animal cells.