Convert 85 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 85 watts? What is 85 watts in horsepower? 85 W to HP conversion.
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85 Watts ≈
0.11398688 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
85 watts is equal to about 0.114 horsepower.
To a Percentage
85 watts ≈ 11.4% of a horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
85 watts
= 8.5 x 101 watts
≈ 1.13987 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.