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TOPIC 1: Key content
microscopes/magnification etc
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electron microscopes
GCSE Biology > TOPIC 1: Key content > microscopes/magnification etc
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light microscopes
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estimating lengths
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units of size
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CALCULATING SPECIMEN SIZE:
image
size = actual size
X
magnification
actual size = image size
÷
magnification
magnification
= image size
÷
actual size
note: make sure that image and actual size are the same measurement
magnification of an image of an object:
when the image appears
bigger
than the
object
actually is
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