72 meters in yards

Conversion formula
How to convert 72 meters to yards?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}\approx 1.0936133\mathrm{yd}$

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

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

Conclusion: 72 ⁢ m ≈ 78.74015759999999 ⁢ yd

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 yard is equal to 0.0127 times 72 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 72 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0127}}$ yards.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventy-two meters is about seventy-eight point seven three yards, or alternatively, a yard is about zero point zero one times seventy-two meters.