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The length of the minute hand of the wall clock is 10 cm. How far will the endpoint of this pointer travel in 2 hours?

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The length of the minute hand of a wall clock is not relevant to finding the distance traveled by the end of the pointer in a given amount of time. The only important factors are the length of the hour hand and the amount of time that has passed.

If the length of the hour hand is X cm, then the distance traveled by the end of the pointer in 2 hours can be calculated as follows:

Distance traveled = (X * π * 2) cm

Here, π is the mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14. The factor of 2 in the formula represents the number of hours that have passed. Therefore, to find the distance traveled in 2 hours, you would need to know the length of the hour hand and substitute it for X in the formula above.

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