72 kilometers in miles

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 kilometers to miles?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}\approx 0.62137119\mathrm{mile}$

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

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

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ km ≈ 44.738725679999995 ⁢ mile

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 mile is equal to 0.022352 times 72 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 72 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.022352}}$ miles.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two kilometers is about forty-four point seven four miles, or alternatively, a mile is about zero point zero two times seventy-two kilometers.