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For having large magnification power of a compound microsope

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length of the microscope tube must be small

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focal length of objective lens and eye piece should be large

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focal length of the objective lens and eye piece should be small

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focal length of eye piece must be smaller than the focal length of objective lens

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In order to increase the magnifying power of a compound microscope, the object should have large focal length and eye piece should have small focal length.
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