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A washing machine is used to extract water from recently washed clothes. What physical principle govern this phenomenon? a. Law of Inertia b. Pascal’s Principle c. Gravitational pull d. Buoyancy

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16. A washing machine is used to extract water from recently washed clothes. What physical principle govern this phenomenon?

a. Law of Inertia

b. Pascal’s Principle

c. Gravitational pull

d. Buoyancy

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