Multiple choice

The final image produced by a compound microscope is

  1. real and erect

  2. virtual and erect

  3. virtual and inverted

  4. real and inverted
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In a compound microscope, the objective lens creates a real, inverted, magnified intermediate image. The eyepiece then forms a virtual image of this intermediate image without changing its orientation, resulting in a final image that is virtual and inverted.

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