2. How is Africa a commonly misplaced continent?
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the way they put it on the map they used to think that the continent was a country because of the incorrect proportions and that made people think it was smaller than what it actually is and where they put the continent also changed because of the moment of Africa.  

Explanation:

if he does not use open the compass the a width greater than half of po, he will not be able to find the midpoint of the line, without the midpoint of the line, he will not be able to bisect the line.   to find the midpoint of a line the circles drawn with a compass must either intersect or be touching.