542 decimeters in kilometers
Result
The conversion result is: 542 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0542 kilometers.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 542 decimeters to kilometers?
We know (by definition) that: 1 dm = 0.0001 km.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of kilometers.
1 dm / 542 dm = 0.0001 km / x km
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x km = (542 dm / 1 dm) * 0.0001 km → x km = 0.054200000000000005 km
Conclusion:
542 dm = 0.054200000000000005 km
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 18.450184501845 times 542 decimeters.
It can also be expressed as: 542 decimeters is equal to 1 / 18.450184501845 kilometers.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: five hundred and forty-two decimeters is about zero point zero five kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about eighteen point four four times five hundred and forty-two decimeters.
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.