The ocular of a microscope is also known as the eyepiece and is the place where we position our eye/eyes (depending on whether we have a monocular or binocular system) to look at the sample. In comparison, the objective lens is close to the sample. Each of the two, the ocular and the objective, has a certain magnifying capacity. The total magnification of the microscope is the product of these two magnification.
In this case, both the ocular and the objective have a magnification of 10x each. Hence the total magnification of the microscope is
total magnification = magnification of ocular x magnification of objective
= 10 x 10 = 100x
Thus, the total magnification of the microscope is 100x. In other words, the microscope is capable of magnifying details by a factor of 100.
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