In a washing machine spin cycle, water leaves the clothes because:

  1. water becomes lighter
  2. water is pushed outward by a real force
  3. the drum holes cannot provide centripetal force to the water
  4. gravity increases
Answer

C) the drum holes cannot provide centripetal force to the water

Without an inward force the water moves tangentially. SLO P-11-B-15 · Application

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