3 miles in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 3 miles is equivalent to 4.828032 kilometers.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 3 miles to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: 1 mile = 1.609344 km.

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

1 mile / 3 mile = 1.609344 km / x km

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

x km = (3 mile / 1 mile) * 1.609344 km → x km = 4.828032 km

Conclusion:

3 mile = 4.828032 km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 0.207123730745778 times 3 miles.

It can also be expressed as: 3 miles is equal to 1 / 0.207123730745778 kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: three miles is about four point eight three kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about zero point two one times three miles.