bamdavis Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 It was found that one ocular micrometer equaled 0.025 mm at 100X power. If the wing of a fruit fly was measured to be 80 ocular micrometer units at a magnification of 100X, what is the length of the wing in mm? I have two answers, but i don't know which is right? 0.025mm x 80um = 2mm or 0.025 mm x 0.08mm = 0.02 mm in this one i converted the 80 ocular micrometer units to millimeters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerz_op Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 An ocular micrometer is actually a glass disk with a ruled scale; one ocular micrometer unit is the distance between two marks on that scale (length of each subdivision). At 100X power, One ocular micrometer represents 0.025mm (physical distance). Therefore, 80 OMU X 0.025mm/OMU = 2mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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