A hollow steel shaft has an outside diameter of 3 inches and an inside diameter of 1.5 inches. What horsepower does the shaft transmit if, when rotating at 120 RPM, it is twisted through an angle of 1.5 degrees in a length of 10 feet?

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A hollow steel shaft has an outside diameter of 3 inches and an inside diameter of 1.5
inches. What horsepower does the shaft transmit if, when rotating at 120 RPM, it is
twisted through an angle of 1.5 degrees in a length of 10 feet?

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