48 kilometers in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 48 kilometers is equivalent to 48000 meters.[1]


Conversion formula
How to convert 48 kilometers to meters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 km = 1000 m.

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

1 km / 48 km = 1000 m / x m

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

x m = (48 km / 1 km) * 1000 m x m = 48000 m

Conclusion:

48 km = 48000 m


Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 2.08333333333333e-05 times 48 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 48 kilometers is equal to 1 / 2.08333333333333e-05 meters.


Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-eight kilometers is about forty-eight thousand meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero times forty-eight kilometers.



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.