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If a washing machine's drum has a radius of $25 \mathrm{cm}$ and spins at 4.0 rev/s, what is the strength of the artificial gravity to which the clothes are subjected? Express your answer as a multiple of $g$.
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25 m. The drum spins at a rate of 4.0 revolutions per second. We need to find the strength of the artificial gravity to which the clothes are subjected, which is essentially the centripetal acceleration of the clothes. Show more…
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