Convert 79 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 79 watts? What is 79 watts in horsepower? 79 W to HP conversion.
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79 Watts ≈
0.10594075 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
79 watts is equal to about 0.106 horsepower.
To a Percentage
79 watts ≈ 10.6% of a horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
79 watts
= 7.9 x 101 watts
≈ 1.05941 x 10-1 horsepower
Watts
A watt is the standard unit of power. It is the power needed to do one joule of work per second. A typical incandescent light bulb uses 40-100 watts.
Horsepower
Mechanical horsepower is commonly used to measure the maximum power of a car's engine in the United States. It is slightly different than Metric horsepower, which is used in Europe.