Type 2 Lever/Examples/Wheelbarrow
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Example of Type $2$ Lever
A wheelbarrow is an example of a type $2$ lever.
Its fulcrum is the pivot at which the wheel is attached to the barrow
The effort is the force applied by the user to the handles
The load is the weight of whatever is to be carried in the barrow.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): lever
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): lever