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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from days to hours is 24, which means that 1 day is equal to 24 hours:

1 d = 24 hr

To convert 3 days into hours we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from days to hours. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 d → 24 hr

3 d → T(hr)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in hours:

T(hr) = 3 d × 24 hr

T(hr) = 72 hr

The final result is:

3 d → 72 hr

We conclude that 3 days is equivalent to 72 hours:

3 days = 72 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 0.013888888888889 × 3 days.

Another way is saying that 3 days is equal to 1 ÷ 0.013888888888889 hours.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three days is approximately seventy-two hours:

3 d ≅ 72 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately zero point zero one four times three days.

Conversion table

days to hours chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from days to hours

days (d) hours (hr)
4 days 96 hours
5 days 120 hours
6 days 144 hours
7 days 168 hours
8 days 192 hours
9 days 216 hours
10 days 240 hours
11 days 264 hours
12 days 288 hours
13 days 312 hours