Convert 7,200 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 7,200 horsepower? What is 7.2 thousand horsepower in watts? 7,200 HP to W conversion.
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7,200 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
5,369,039.1 Watts
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Result in Plain English
7,200 horsepower is equal to about 5.37 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
7,200 horsepower
= 7.2 x 103 horsepower
≈ 5.36904 x 106 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.
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.