72 decimeters in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 72 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0072 kilometers.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 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 / 72 dm = 0.0001 km / x km

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

x km = (72 dm / 1 dm) * 0.0001 km → x km = 0.007200000000000001 km

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 1 / 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.

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.