(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 construct a compound microscope?
| Lenses | Power (D) | Aperture (cm) |
| L1 | 3 | 8 |
| L2 | 6 | 1 |
| L3 | 10 | 1 |
(c) Define resolving power of a microscope and write one factor on which it depends.
(a) Compound microscope

(b) The objective has a lower aperture and focal length is small.
is used as an objective
the eyepiece has a large aperture and longer moderate focal length.
is used as the eyepiece.
(c) Resolving power
is the limit of resolution.
Resolving power depends on wavelength.