A typical laboratory centrifuge rotates at 4500 rpm. Test tubes have to be located into a centrifuge very carefully because of the very large accelerations.
(a) Find the acceleration at the end of a test tube that is 12 centimeter from the axis of rotation?
m/s2
(b) For comparison, find what is the magnitude of the acceleration a test tube would experience if dropped from a height of 0.8 meter and stopped in a 1.0 ms long encounter with a hard floor?
m/s2