3 miles per hour in knots
How many knots in 3 miles per hour?
3 miles per hour equals 2.607 knotsUnit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from miles per hour to knots is 0.8689762419014, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.8689762419014 knots:
1 mph = 0.8689762419014 kt
To convert 3 miles per hour into knots we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mph → 0.8689762419014 kt
3 mph → V(kt)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:
V(kt) = 3 mph × 0.8689762419014 kt
V(kt) = 2.6069287257042 kt
The final result is:
3 mph → 2.6069287257042 kt
We conclude that 3 miles per hour is equivalent to 2.6069287257042 knots:
3 miles per hour = 2.6069287257042 knots
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.38359314934085 × 3 miles per hour.
Another way is saying that 3 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38359314934085 knots.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three miles per hour is approximately two point six zero seven knots:
3 mph ≅ 2.607 kt
An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point three eight four times three miles per hour.
Conversion table
miles per hour to knots chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to knots
miles per hour (mph) | knots (kt) |
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4 miles per hour | 3.476 knots |
5 miles per hour | 4.345 knots |
6 miles per hour | 5.214 knots |
7 miles per hour | 6.083 knots |
8 miles per hour | 6.952 knots |
9 miles per hour | 7.821 knots |
10 miles per hour | 8.69 knots |
11 miles per hour | 9.559 knots |
12 miles per hour | 10.428 knots |
13 miles per hour | 11.297 knots |