. Why is it helpful that the transmission compound light microscopes we studied in the lab are both parfocal and parcentered?  2. Why would it be harder to find a specimen on a slide starting with the 40x objective lens compared to the 4x objective lens. Support your answer with facts about the field of view and the comparison of both objective lenses. 3. If I wanted to observe something, let's a virus that was 50nm in size, which microscope would you recommend me using? Support your answer with facts about the microscopic utility.

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1. Why is it helpful that the transmission compound light microscopes we studied in the lab are both parfocal and parcentered? 
2. Why would it be harder to find a specimen on a slide starting with the 40x objective lens compared to the 4x objective lens. Support your answer with facts about the field of view and the comparison of both objective lenses.

3. If I wanted to observe something, let's a virus that was 50nm in size, which microscope would you recommend me using? Support your answer with facts about the microscopic utility.

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A microscope is a scientific tool used to examine objects that are too small to be seen with the human eye. The science of studying small objects and structures under a microscope is known as microscopy. Microscopic refers to something that is, excluding a microscope, invisible to the human eye.

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