Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 72 feet into meters we have to multiply 72 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

72 ft → L_(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L_(m) = 72 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 21.9456 m

The final result is:

72 ft → 21.9456 m

We conclude that 72 feet is equivalent to 21.9456 meters:

72 feet = 21.9456 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.045567220764071 × 72 feet.

Another way is saying that 72 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.045567220764071 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two feet is approximately twenty-one point nine four six meters:

72 ft ≅ 21.946 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero four six times seventy-two feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

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