Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from centimeters to decimeters is 0.1, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.1 decimeters:
1 cm = 0.1 dm
To convert 72 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 72 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 cm → 0.1 dm
72 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 72 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 7.2 dm
The final result is:
72 cm → 7.2 dm
We conclude that 72 centimeters is equivalent to 7.2 decimeters:
72 centimeters = 7.2 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.13888888888889 × 72 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 72 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.13888888888889 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two centimeters is approximately seven point two decimeters:
72 cm ≅ 7.2 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one three nine times seventy-two centimeters.
Conversion table
centimeters to decimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from centimeters to decimeters
centimeters (cm) | decimeters (dm) |
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73 centimeters | 7.3 decimeters |
74 centimeters | 7.4 decimeters |
75 centimeters | 7.5 decimeters |
76 centimeters | 7.6 decimeters |
77 centimeters | 7.7 decimeters |
78 centimeters | 7.8 decimeters |
79 centimeters | 7.9 decimeters |
80 centimeters | 8 decimeters |
81 centimeters | 8.1 decimeters |
82 centimeters | 8.2 decimeters |