8 centimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 8 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: 8 ⁢ cm = 8e-05 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 12500 times 8 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 8 centimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{12500}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eight centimeters is about zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about twelve thousand, five hundred times eight centimeters.