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minus-square@GraniteMlinkEnglish6•6 months agoWhat do you do if there’s a prime number of test tubes, like the thirteen in the picture?
minus-square@dinguslinkEnglish17•edit-26 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-26 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
minus-squareveroxiilinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoThey just explained it. If you have 3 you put them on 8-16-24. Everything else will be pairs which you put across from each other.
What do you do if there’s a prime number of test tubes, like the thirteen in the picture?
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.
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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
They just explained it. If you have 3 you put them on 8-16-24. Everything else will be pairs which you put across from each other.