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Calculate the resolving power of a microscope, whose limit of resolution is `2.4xx10^(-4) m . `

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Resolving power of a microscope `=(1)/(dx)`
i.e., `R.P.=(1)/(2.4xx10^(-4))m^(-1)=4.167xx10^3 m^(-1)`
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