72 kilometers in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 kilometers to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}=100000\mathrm{cm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ km = 7200000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 1.38888888888889e-07 times 72 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 72 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{1.38888888888889e-07}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two kilometers is about seven million, two hundred thousand centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times seventy-two kilometers.