What is ment by horse power ? Define Method of calculation?

Answer Posted / sudheer thota

POWER IS THE RATE OF DOING WORK.
THE WORK CAN BE DONE BY SLOWLY OR RAPIDLY.THE RATE AT WHICH
THE WORK IS DONE IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF POWER, A HORSE CAN
DO WORK SLOWLY ,WHILE A MACHINE CAN DO A GREAT AMOUNT OF
WORK.


UNITS OF POWER:M-KG/SEC,
M-KG/MIN.

ONE HORSE POWER=75 M-KG/SEC,
=4500M-KG/MIN.

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