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minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoWhat do you do if there’s a prime number of test tubes, like the thirteen in the picture?
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoIf you don’t want to figure out some awkward balancing techniques, you can just use a balance tube. Fill a tube with water to a similar height of the tube it opposes.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoFor a 24-slot centrifuge, 5 pairs and 1 triple will balance 13 tubes, as is described in the comment you replied to. Here’s a video that also explains it: The Centrifuge Problem - Numberphile
What do you do if there’s a prime number of test tubes, like the thirteen in the picture?
drink one
If you don’t want to figure out some awkward balancing techniques, you can just use a balance tube. Fill a tube with water to a similar height of the tube it opposes.
For a 24-slot centrifuge, 5 pairs and 1 triple will balance 13 tubes, as is described in the comment you replied to.
Here’s a video that also explains it: The Centrifuge Problem - Numberphile