72 inches in feet

Result

The conversion result is: 72 inches is equivalent to 6 feet.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 inches to feet?

We know (by definition) that: 1 in ≈ 0.083333333 ft.

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

1 in / 72 in ≈ 0.083333333 ft / x ft

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

x ft ≈ (72 in / 1 in) * 0.083333333 ft → x ft ≈ 5.999999976 ft

Conclusion:

72 in ≈ 5.999999976 ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 0.166666666666667 times 72 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 72 inches is equal to 1 / 0.166666666666667 feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two inches is about zero feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero point one seven times seventy-two inches.

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.