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Question
Have you seen a compass before? How will you use this to make a circle?
- Open your compass.
- Press the tip of the compass on the paper. Hold the compass from the top.
- Without moving the tip, try to move the pencil around.
- Do you get a circle?
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Solution
Yes, by doing this I got a circle drawn.
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