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What is a horse power?

Answer 1

Horse power is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done).There are many different standards and types of horsepower .Two common definitions being used today are the mechanical horsepower ( or imperial horsepower), which is 745.7 watts and the metric horsepower,which is approximately 735.5 watts.

Answer 2

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Horsepower, the common unit of power; i.e., the rate at which work is done. In the British Imperial System, one horsepower equals 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute—that is, the power necessary to lift a total mass of 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute.

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