What is the resolving power of a compound microscope?

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11 May 2018
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28 May 2026

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The resolving power of a compound microscope is approximately 2.0 micrometers, which allows it to distinguish between two points separated by this distance. The other values listed are either too small or too large for the resolution capability of such microscopes.

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