horsepower is how much work done per minute
80 foot-pounds/1 minute = 80 foot-pounds per minute. If three people pull the object 2 feet in .5 minutes, the power produced is: 80 foot-pounds/.5 minute = 160 foot-pounds per minute. Note that the work required is the same even with more people pulling the load. 5. What is horsepower? A. The standard unit of measure for measuring power produced. B. Horsepower is based on how much power a single horse can develop, or how much work a single horse can do in one minute. C. James Watt determined that one horse could exert 330 pounds of force in moving a load 100 feet in one minute. â¢ Using the formula for calculating power, Watt determined that one horsepower = 33,000 foot pounds per minute: Force (pounds) x Distance (feet) Power = Time (minutes)