2007-04-07 06:41:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
One horse actually has more than one horsepower. This is because James Watt (for which the unit of power was named after) wanted to compare steam power with horse power so he used a very weak horse. So I would guess that a small horse has about 1,000 liter of volume or 1 million cc.
Ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer.
2007-04-07 06:53:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cubic centimeters are a unit of volume, and horsepower, obviously, is a unit of power. They cannot be compared. Horsepower can be converted to Watts or to Newtons * meters/second.
2007-04-07 06:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by spidermilk666 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you listen to commercials, cars and motorbikes are advertised as having such-and-such horsepower or having engines of so-many cc. There is a general correlation that the larger the engine size (volume cubic centimeters), the greater the power (horsepower). However there is no absolute formula that ties the two. It depends on the actual engine design, type of fuel etc.
You may want to go to edmunds.com and get the specs of several cars in terms of engine displacement (volume) and hp, plot them and see if you get a rough correlation.
2007-04-07 08:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by astatine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A horsepower is the energy required for a horse to raise one ton one foot, it cannot be measured in centimeters.
2007-04-07 06:54:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to do.
cubic centimeter is for volumes and horsepower is for power
2007-04-07 06:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by santmann2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mixing units. Cubic centimeters is a units of volume. Hosepower is an ability to do work
2007-04-07 06:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by bignose68 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About as many as there are Volts in one kilogram.
sorry about that,
couldn't help myself
2007-04-07 07:32:36 · answer #7 · answered by misiekram 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋