8 kilometers in miles

Conversion formula
How to convert 8 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: 8 ⁢ km ≈ 4.97096952 ⁢ mile

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 mile is equal to 0.201168 times 8 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 8 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.201168}}$ miles.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eight kilometers is about four point nine six miles, or alternatively, a mile is about zero point two zero times eight kilometers.