120 centimeters in inches

Result

The conversion result is: 120 centimeters is equivalent to 47.244094488189 inches.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 120 centimeters to inches?

We know (by definition) that: 1 cm ≈ 0.39370079 in.

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

1 cm / 120 cm ≈ 0.39370079 in / x in

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

x in ≈ (120 cm / 1 cm) * 0.39370079 in → x in ≈ 47.2440948 in

Conclusion:

120 cm ≈ 47.2440948 in

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 inch is equal to 0.0211666666666667 times 120 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 120 centimeters is equal to 1 / 0.0211666666666667 inches.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one hundred and twenty centimeters is about forty-seven point two four inches, or alternatively, a inch is about zero point zero two times one hundred and twenty centimeters.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.