72 decimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 decimeters to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{dm}=0.0001\mathrm{km}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of kilometers.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ dm = 0.007200000000000001 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 138.888888888889 times 72 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 72 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{138.888888888889}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two decimeters is about zero point zero one kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about one hundred and thirty-eight point eight eight times seventy-two decimeters.