Microscope used by Robert Hooke had a magnification of
A
10−20x
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B
14−42x
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C
8−16x
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D
16−64x
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Solution
The correct option is D14−42x Some of Leeuwenhoek's simple microscopes could magnify objects more than 250 times, but Hooke's compound microscopes only magnified somewhere between 20 and 50 times.