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Question
Now you trace a circle on a paper using a bangle. Cut it. Then find its centre like Sameena did.
Solution
After tracing the circle using a bangle on notebook, cut the circle from its outline. Fold the circle into half.
Fold it again in half. Open the folded circle. The crossing point of the two creased line is its centre.
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