Abida and Ramesh were doing an experiment in which water was to be heated in a beaker. Abida kept the beaker near the wick in the yellow part
of the candle flame. Ramesh kept the beaker in the outermost part of the
flame. Whose water will get heated in a shorter time?

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.

no, that wouldn't do the job. you need the object's speed and direction.