91.8k views
5 votes
Explain how a wheelbarrow is a compound machine

2 Answers

4 votes
Wheelbarrows are compound machines because they consist of 3 simple machines. They are lever, wheel and axle, and inclined plane.
User Subblue
by
8.3k points
0 votes
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.
User Viktor Gavrilov
by
8.4k points