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So is the 1028.6 in-lb the torque for the entire second shaft (the 40t and 22t gears) or the torque for the 40t gear alone? Thank you!

I am designing a gear train for my basic mechanisms class that consists of three shafts. The input horsepower is 10 and rpm is 1750. I calculated the torque of the first shaft to be 360 but I am not sure if the horsepower stays the same throughout the whole train or not. The first shaft has a...