Conversion formula

The conversion factor from seconds to hours is 0.00027777777777778, which means that 1 second is equal to 0.00027777777777778 hours:

1 s = 0.00027777777777778 hr

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

1 s → 0.00027777777777778 hr

72 s → T_(hr)

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

T_(hr) = 72 s × 0.00027777777777778 hr

T_(hr) = 0.02 hr

The final result is:

72 s → 0.02 hr

We conclude that 72 seconds is equivalent to 0.02 hours:

72 seconds = 0.02 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 50 × 72 seconds.

Another way is saying that 72 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 50 hours.

Approximate result

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

72 s ≅ 0.02 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately fifty times seventy-two seconds.

Conversion table

seconds to hours chart

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