72 kilometers in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 kilometers to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}=10000\mathrm{dm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ km = 720000 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 1.38888888888889e-06 times 72 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 72 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{1.38888888888889e-06}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two kilometers is about seven hundred and twenty thousand decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero times seventy-two kilometers.