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A catapult is a simple machine or a lever
Complex machine
Compound, many different things combine to create a catapult. lever arm, torque battery (twisted rope) winding mechanism firing control (ratchet system with trigger)
lever What type of simple machine is a tong?
The catapult is a simple machine. The work input is the restraining of the payload and pressure put on the spring or lever. The work output is the delivery of the payload with the energy of the work transferred to it.
A catapult is actually a compound machine.
lever
A catapult is a simple machine or a lever
a lever and a inclined plane
Wheel and axel
If you mean descRibe a catapult, then here it is. A catapult is a machine that can fire projectiles at enimies. If you wish to make a simple catapult, then your wish comes true right here!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEtUVHvfy6g
A catapult is a simple machine that throws items very far. Take a plastic sppon and put a small object on it. Pull back and watch it fly, that's how a catapult works
A pulley isn't a kind of simple machine, it is a simple machine
The type of simple machine that a slope is, is a inclined plane
it is a valve, which is not a simple machine.
It takes advantage of the simple machine lever. That allows them to launch missiles long distances.
a simple machine.