72 centimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 centimeters to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{cm}=1e-05\mathrm{km}$

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

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

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ cm = 0.00072 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 1388.88888888889 times 72 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 72 centimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{1388.88888888889}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two centimeters is about zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about one thousand, three hundred and eighty-eight point eight nine times seventy-two centimeters.