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Technician A says that horsepower is defined as work per unit of time or the rate of doing work. Technician B says that one horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per seconds. Who is right?

A. Neither A nor B
B. B only
C. Both A and B
D. A only

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Answer: Is Both A and B

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Both A and B are right. Horsepower is Power which is the rate of doing work and also the non-SI units of 550 ft-lb/s
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