480 km to cm - How long is 480 kilometers in centimeters? [CONVERT] ✔
480 kilometers is equivalent to 48000000 centimeters.
We know (by definition) that: 1 km = 100000 cm
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of centimeters.
1 km 480 km = 100000 cm x cmNow, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x cm = 480 km 1 km * 100000 cm → x cm = 48000000 cmConclusion: 480 km = 48000000 cm
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2.08333333333333e-08 times 480 kilometers.
It can also be expressed as: 480 kilometers is equal to 1 2.08333333333333e-08 centimeters.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: four hundred and eighty kilometers is about forty-eight million centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times four hundred and eighty kilometers.
Units involved
This is how the units in this conversion are defined:
Kilometers
The kilometre or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.
Centimeters
A centimetre (symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of1⁄100.
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
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