72 feet in inches

Result

The conversion result is: 72 feet is equivalent to 864 inches.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 feet to inches?

We know (by definition) that: 1 ft = 12 in.

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

1 ft / 72 ft = 12 in / x in

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

x in = (72 ft / 1 ft) * 12 in → x in = 864 in

Conclusion:

72 ft = 864 in

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 inch is equal to 0.00115740740740741 times 72 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 72 feet is equal to 1 / 0.00115740740740741 inches.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two feet is about eight hundred and sixty-four inches, or alternatively, a inch is about zero times seventy-two feet.

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.