What kind of images do the two lenses in a compound microscope form?
A) Both lenses form virtual images.
B) The lens closest to the object forms a real image; the other lens forms a virtual image.
C) Both lenses form real images.
D) The lens closest to the object forms a virtual image; the other lens forms real image.

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The lens closest to the object in a compound microscope (the objective lens) forms a real, inverted image. This real image is then magnified by the second lens (the eyepiece), which forms a virtual image that can be observed by the eye.

What Kind of Images Do the Two Lenses in a Compound