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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to meters per second is 0.277777777778, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.277777777778 meters per second:

1 km/h = 0.277777777778 m/s

To convert 720 kilometers per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 720 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.277777777778 m/s

720 km/h → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 720 km/h × 0.277777777778 m/s

V(m/s) = 200.00000000016 m/s

The final result is:

720 km/h → 200.00000000016 m/s

We conclude that 720 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 200.00000000016 meters per second:

720 kilometers per hour = 200.00000000016 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.004999999999996 × 720 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 720 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.004999999999996 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred twenty kilometers per hour is approximately two hundred meters per second:

720 km/h ≅ 200 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero five times seven hundred twenty kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to meters per second

kilometers per hour (km/h) meters per second (m/s)
721 kilometers per hour 200.278 meters per second
722 kilometers per hour 200.556 meters per second
723 kilometers per hour 200.833 meters per second
724 kilometers per hour 201.111 meters per second
725 kilometers per hour 201.389 meters per second
726 kilometers per hour 201.667 meters per second
727 kilometers per hour 201.944 meters per second
728 kilometers per hour 202.222 meters per second
729 kilometers per hour 202.5 meters per second
730 kilometers per hour 202.778 meters per second