3 miles in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 3 miles to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{mile}=1.609344\mathrm{km}$

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

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

Conclusion: 3 ⁢ mile = 4.828032 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 0.207123730745778 times 3 miles.

It can also be expressed as: 3 miles is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.207123730745778}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: three miles is about four point eight three kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about zero point two one times three miles.