Calculating Linear Speed of Test Tube in Centrifuge

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Find the linear speed of the bottom of a test tube in a centrifuge if the centripetal acceleration there is 5.3×104 times the acceleration of gravity. The distance from the axis of rotation to the bottom of the test tube is 7.3 .

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I have gotten answers of 1900 and 223 m/s.I cannot figure out how to do this problem
 
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Show how you arrived at those answers. What are the units for the distance? What's the formula for centripetal acceleration?