8.5 miles per hour in kilometers per hour (8.5 mph to km/h)

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to kilometers per hour is 1.6093439999987, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 1.6093439999987 kilometers per hour:

1 mph = 1.6093439999987 km/h

To convert 8.5 miles per hour into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 8.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 1.6093439999987 km/h

8.5 mph → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 8.5 mph × 1.6093439999987 km/h

V_(km/h) = 13.679423999989 km/h

The final result is:

8.5 mph → 13.679423999989 km/h

We conclude that 8.5 miles per hour is equivalent to 13.679423999989 kilometers per hour:

8.5 miles per hour = 13.679423999989 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.073102493204451 × 8.5 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 8.5 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.073102493204451 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight point five miles per hour is approximately thirteen point six seven nine kilometers per hour:

8.5 mph ≅ 13.679 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero seven three times eight point five miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to kilometers per hour chart

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

miles per hour (mph)	kilometers per hour (km/h)
9.5 miles per hour	15.289 kilometers per hour
10.5 miles per hour	16.898 kilometers per hour
11.5 miles per hour	18.507 kilometers per hour
12.5 miles per hour	20.117 kilometers per hour
13.5 miles per hour	21.726 kilometers per hour
14.5 miles per hour	23.335 kilometers per hour
15.5 miles per hour	24.945 kilometers per hour
16.5 miles per hour	26.554 kilometers per hour
17.5 miles per hour	28.164 kilometers per hour
18.5 miles per hour	29.773 kilometers per hour

Conversion units

The units involved in this conversion are miles per hour and kilometers per hour. This is how they are defined:

Mile per hour

Miles per hour (abbreviated mph, MPH or mi/h) is an imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of statute miles covered in one hour. Although kilometres per hour is now the most widely used measure of speed, miles per hour remains the standard unit for speed limits in the United States, the United Kingdom, Antigua & Barbuda and Puerto Rico, although the latter two use kilometres for long distances.

Source: Wikipedia Topic: mile per hour

Kilometer per hour

The kilometre per hour (American English: kilometer per hour) is a unit of speed, expressing the number of kilometres travelled in one hour. The unit symbol is km/h. Worldwide, it is the most commonly used unit of speed on road signs and car speedometers. Although the metre was formally defined in 1799, the term "kilometres per hour" did not come into immediate use – the myriametre (10,000 metres) and myriametre per hour were preferred to kilometres and kilometres per hour.

Source: Wikipedia Topic: kilometer per hour

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