"sometimes people say that water is removed from clothes in a spin dryer by centrifugal force throwing the water outward. what is wrong with this statement?"

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anonymous · Answer

The clothes are removed from the water by the centripetal force!

A washing machine drum has holes drilled in it. As the drum spins, the drum exerts a centripetal force on the clothes and water. This centripetal force moves the clothes along the circular path. The holes allow the water to escape, because where there are holes, there is no centripetal force pushing the water back along the circular path. Their inertia carries the water molecules outwards, outside of the drum. 

Let's make this analogy. Imagine you're riding in the passenger seat of a car that is making a left-hand turn. You feel like you want to fly out of the vehicle, but the door exerts a centripetal force on you keeping you inside the vehicle. The door is the drum walls of the washing machine. 

If you were to open the door of the vehicle (and unfastened your seat-belt) you'd fly out of the vehicle. The open door is like the holes in the washing drum.

anonymous · Answer

People says that the water is removed from clothes in a spin dryer by applying centrifugal force  in the clothes which throws out the water droplet. and it become dry