42 centimeters in inches

Result

The conversion result is: 42 centimeters is equivalent to 16.5354330708661 inches.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 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 / 42 cm ≈ 0.39370079 in / x in

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

x in ≈ (42 cm / 1 cm) * 0.39370079 in → x in ≈ 16.535433180000002 in

Conclusion:

42 cm ≈ 16.535433180000002 in

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 inch is equal to 0.0604761904761905 times 42 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 42 centimeters is equal to 1 / 0.0604761904761905 inches.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two centimeters is about sixteen point five three inches, or alternatively, a inch is about zero point zero six times forty-two 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.