Question

resolving power of microscope​

Answer 1

Answer:

Not to be confused with magnification, microscope resolution is the shortest distance between two separate points in a microscope’s field of view that can still be distinguished as distinct entities.

If the two points are closer together than your resolution then they will appear ill-defined and their positions will be inexact. A microscope may offer high magnification, but if the lenses are of poor quality the resulting poor resolution will degrade the image quality.

Below is Abbe's equation in order to calculate approximate resolving power: