Washing Machine Spin!

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When the washing machine spins to dry clothes, it uses a fast-spinning inner drum to create 'centrifugal force,' which throws the water out of the clothes. When the inner drum spins quickly, water molecules tend to move in a straight line due to inertia, while the clothes are pulled in a circular motion by the drum wall, causing the water to be expelled through small holes in the drum wall. Although 'centrifugal force' is often considered a fictitious force in physics, it effectively describes the tendency of objects in circular motion to fly away from the center, and it is the key principle for efficient dewatering in washing machines.

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**Here's how to explain it to little ones aged 3 to 5:**

When the washing machine spins super, super fast, it's just like when we play a spinning ga