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How does a wheel help in moving an axle?

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The wheel and axle arrangement consists of two cylinders of different diameters joined together such that if one is made to rotate, the other also rotates. The axle is a cylinder rod fixed to the centre of a circular disc- like object called the wheel.
This machine acts as a speed multiplier device.

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