Explain how a wheelbarrow is a compound machine

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Areli Navarro

19 July, 17:06

Explain how a wheelbarrow is a compound machine

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Willow Cordova · Answer 1

Wheelbarrows are compound machines because they consist of 3 simple machines. They are lever, wheel and axle, and inclined plane.

Keyon Spears · Answer 2

Applied to the wheel turns a shaft at the center of the wheel called an axle. This causes the wheelbarrow to move. A bicycle is a compound machine that uses a variety of simple machines. Brake handles on a bicycle are levers.