72 kilometers in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 kilometers to meters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}=1000\mathrm{m}$

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

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

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ km = 72000 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 1.38888888888889e-05 times 72 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 72 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{1.38888888888889e-05}}$ meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two kilometers is about seventy-two thousand meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero times seventy-two kilometers.