Conversion formula

The conversion factor from hours to seconds is 3600, which means that 1 hour is equal to 3600 seconds:

1 hr = 3600 s

To convert 38.5 hours into seconds we have to multiply 38.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from hours to seconds. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 hr → 3600 s

38.5 hr → T_(s)

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

T_(s) = 38.5 hr × 3600 s

T_(s) = 138600 s

The final result is:

38.5 hr → 138600 s

We conclude that 38.5 hours is equivalent to 138600 seconds:

38.5 hours = 138600 seconds

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 second is equal to 7.2150072150072E-6 × 38.5 hours.

Another way is saying that 38.5 hours is equal to 1 ÷ 7.2150072150072E-6 seconds.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty-eight point five hours is approximately one hundred thirty-eight thousand six hundred seconds:

38.5 hr ≅ 138600 s

An alternative is also that one second is approximately zero times thirty-eight point five hours.

Conversion table

hours to seconds chart

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